Infectious Keratitis In Feeder Cattle
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1970
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The topic of this article was infectious keratitis, often referred to as “pink eye,” has been and remains a frequent problem confronting the feeder calf operator. Several causal agents and aspects of husbandry have been suggested as the cause of this condition. These include
the viral agent of Infectious Bovine Rhinotracheitis and vitamin A deficiency. Suggested approaches to prevention and
therapy have been numerous. Two of these included vaccination with IBR vaccine and supplementation of the ration for calves with vitamin A. A study regarding such is reviewed in this short article.