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AVIAN DISEASES
Volume 52, Issue 3, Pages 367-374Publisher
AMER ASSOC AVIAN PATHOLOGISTS
DOI: 10.1637/8323-041808-Review.1
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Mycoplasma gallisepticum; Mycoplasma synoviae; Mycoplasma meleagridis; Mycoplasma iowae; control; vaccination; medication
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Control of pathogenic avian mycoplasmas can consist of one of three general approaches: Maintaining flocks free of infection, medication, or vaccination. Maintaining flocks free of pathogenic mycoplasmas consists of maintaining replacements from mycoplasma-free sources in a single-age, all-in all-out management system. Good biosecurity and an effective monitoring system are necessary aspects of this program. Medication can be very useful in preventing clinical signs and lesions, as well as economic losses, but cannot be used to eliminate infection from a flock and is therefore not a satisfactory long-term solution. Vaccination against Mycoplasma gallisepticum (MG) or M. synoviae (MS) can be a useful long-term solution in situations where maintaining flocks free of infection is not feasible, especially on multi-age commercial egg production sites.
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