Cattle Pinkeye: what causes it, risk factors, vaccine & prevention, and the bugs that transmit it.
A leading scientist in the field of bovine pinkeye, Dustin Loy, DVM at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln covers the latest in causation, treatment, and prevention of this disease.
00:00 - Introduction
03:27 - Thinking of pinkeye as a disease complex
08:42 - What causes pinkeye?
11:17 - How does pinkeye develop?
13:09 - The phases of healing
14:21 - The bugs: bacteria and viruses
15:51 - How is pinkeye spread and maintained
17:47 - Face fly transmission
18:22 - Controlling face flies
20:35 - Other risk factors
21:08 - Common treatments
23:28 - Results of a vaccine trial program
25:30 - Time of administering the vaccine
26:22 - The genomic diversity of the bugs
27:48 - Take home message
29:23 - Q&A: If vaccines increase antibodies, would larger or more frequent doses work better?
This video was recorded during the University of Nevada, Reno's annual Cattlemen’s Update. For more than 40 years, the University holds sessions to provide ranchers with current research-based information about issues that may affect the efficiency, productivity, profitability and sustainability of their businesses and Nevada’s cattle industry.