Williams, H 
ORCID: 0000-0003-0846-7329
(2019)
Ovine Infectious Keratoconjunctivitis in Sheep: the Farmer's Perspective.
Veterinary Record Open, 6 (1).
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Abstract
The objective of this study was to gather current, farmer-reported data on the frequency of occurrence, risk factors and treatment practices for the sheep eye disease, ovine infectious keratoconjunctivitis (OIKC). A questionnaire regarding eye disease in sheep was completed by 135 farmers from four livestock markets. Most farmers (87%) had observed OIKC in their flock, 88% of these within the last 2 years. Farmers reported observing most cases in the winter months (51%) and fewest in the summer (10%). They proposed housing and forage feeding from racks as factors associated with OIKC. A variety of treatment protocols were used by farmers. The three most popular treatments used were: cloxacillin eye ointment, intramuscular oxytetracycline injection and topical tetracycline spray applied to the eye. Only 62% of treatments were considered very effective by the farmers, with no difference in farmer perceived efficacy between these three most commonly used treatments (p=0.6). Farmers used 15 different terms to describe a photograph of a sheep with OIKC, including many colloquial terms. We hypothesise that this could result in communication problems between veterinary surgeons and farmers.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | eyes, keratoconjunctivitis, occular disease, questionnaire, sheep |
| Depositing User: | Symplectic Admin |
| Date Deposited: | 10 Oct 2019 09:22 |
| Last Modified: | 19 Jan 2023 00:23 |
| DOI: | 10.1136/vetreco-2018-000321 |
| Open Access URL: | http://10.0.4.112/vetreco-2018-000321 |
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| URI: | https://livrepository.liverpool.ac.uk/id/eprint/3057688 |
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