Conjunctivitis

It's hard to believe, but it's already time for cattle producers to start thinking about next year's calving season. Breeding season is right around the corner! Every spring I get calls from worried cattlemen who face the breeding season with...

Have a question for Dr. Blythe? Write to her at AskThePediatrician@tribune.com. For more information on Dr. Blythe, go to pediatricassociates.com. April 29, 2013 Q: My 5-year-old daughter just had her adenoids and tonsils removed because of snoring...

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. – Pinkeye or conjunctivitis is going around this week. It's a very contagious illness that can easily be spread eye to eye and person to person. Doctors say pinkeye is inflammation of the lining inside the lid. That...

Gary Zimmer, president of the agricultural consulting company Midwestern BioAg, has worked with pastures in Australia, Texas, New Zealand, Africa, Idaho, California and countless other places to help people get the most out of their pastures. Because...

After a routine bacteria culture screening in mid-August, doctors at the Sutter Memorial Hospital in Sacramento found a baby infected with the MRSA bacteria. Screening every baby before they left the hospital, 2 babies were found to have been infected...

I normally don’t eavesdrop on other people’s conversations. OK, actually I do, and sometimes I even get good ideas for this column from what I overhear. Take yesterday, for example. My son and I were having lunch at a local restaurant and...

My wife showed me an advertisement recently that she thought might be a great reminder for people that relates to personal health and well-being. I couldn’t agree more and decided to pass it along through this column. After all, anything that...

An upcoming clinical trial could help show if a test kit for a common eye ailment will save consumers money and reduce faulty diagnoses, health experts say. Conjunctivitis, better known as pinkeye and most prevalent in children, causes inflammation of...

A friend of mine asked me this morning what was proper for livestock concerning their housing. Should they be outside in the harsh elements, either heat or cold? It’s a good question and deserves a long-winded answer. Livestock housing is a science...

Conjunctivitis, commonly called "pink eye," is an acute inflammation of the conjunctiva, which is the thin, transparent outermost layer of the eye. Dr. John Jackson of Greater Annapolis Medical Group on the campus of Anne Arundel Medical Center in...

Pinkeye is a highly contagious infectious bacterial disease of the eye of cattle caused by Moraxella bovis (M. bovis). Costs resulting from decreased weight gain, milk production, and treatment were estimated to be $150 million in the U.S. alone,...

For most spring-calving beef herds in our part of the country, it's getting time to turn the page - from the 2011 calving season to the calves we hope will be hitting the ground in 2012. It's time to think about breeding season. I've already taken calls...