Entropion in lambs

Re: Entropion in lambs

Alan Tevendale — Tue, 27 May 2014 08:56:13 GMT

Never been a fan of the staples and find it so quick and easy to use a suture that I cannot see any reason for not doing them this way. Obviously the very mild ones that respond to a simple injection are solved that way.

Re: Entropion in lambs

karen jones — Tue, 27 May 2014 08:10:24 GMT

Have tried all sorts over years. Farmers don't like staples as have take them out, injection of penicillin often works in mild cases but otherwise we give them a wiff of gas and put vertical simple interrupted sutures of catgut in workers well for us

Re: Entropion in lambs

Sammy82 — Mon, 26 May 2014 23:26:09 GMT

I had good success with using skin staples in mild-moderate cases. I just injected a little (ca 0.3ml) of local into the lid.I did not clip the area, just scrubbed it with diluted hibiscrub.

In some mild cases intrapalpebral long acting penicillin is all that's needed.

Re: Entropion in lambs

Michael Woodhouse — Fri, 02 May 2014 12:39:22 GMT

Tried them, they were crap. They just used to come off.

You may think it a slightly disgusting habit, but we keep the left over bits of swaged on absorbables and use these for suturing under the eye in these lambs. 2 good bites in a bad one and a single bite in a mild case. The little swaged on needles don't hurt the lamb any more than injecting penicillin in the lower lid. Virtually 100% success. Fill the eye with licensed eye ointment (or OOD dry cow tubes in the olden days........).

We only charge a few pounds as it is so quick and effective, with (in effect) zero consumables cost. I don't clip or scrub, but do soak the suture in scrub.