Infectious bovine keratoconjunctivitis

Clinical Signs

Ophthalmic

Lacrimation Pathognomonic Corneal opacity Pathognomonic Blindness Conjunctivitis Pathognomonic Photophobia Pathognomonic Blepharitis Pathognomonic Corneal edema Pathognomonic Third eyelid protrusion Mucopurulent ocular discharge Pathognomonic Corneal neovascularization Specific Conical cornea Corneal pink tissue proliferation

Diagnosis

Conjunctival swab bacterial culture

Isolation on blood agar

Gram staining

Antimicrobial sensitivity testing

Treatment

Dark shelter housing

Vitamin A supplementation

Topical oxytetracycline ophthalmic therapy

Topical chloramphenicol ophthalmic therapy

Topical penicillin ophthalmic therapy

Topical gentamicin ophthalmic therapy

Intravenous sulfadimidine 100 mg/kg

Long acting oxytetracycline 20 mg/kg intramuscularly

Atropine sulfate ophthalmic solution

Prevention & Control

Isolation of affected cattle

Treatment of excessive lacrimation and blepharospasm cases

Killed whole cell vaccination

Fly control

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