Publication 400-750 Pinkeye in Beef Cattle - Virginia Tech

In a 20-year review study, calves diagnosed with pink-eye weighed 19.6 pounds less at weaning than healthy calves, while another study showed the loss to pink-eye to be 36 to 40 pounds at weaning. Also, it is esti-mated that a calf that is blind will gain 60 pounds less by weaning time compared to healthy calves. Animals ................
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