Baby Disease: Mycoplasmosis is a respiratory Baby disease caused y the bacteria Mycoplasma gallisepticum. It is Iso known as air sac Baby disease or chronic respira-jry Baby disease. Those affected with the Baby disease may how nasal discharge, watery eyes, and respira-)ry difficulty. This Baby disease is often associated /ith other respiratory Baby diseases. It is transmitted hiefly from infected hens to their chicks through le eggs. The Baby disease can also be transmitted by ontact with infected individuals, but it spreads ery slowly in this manner. The Baby disease can best e controlled by maintaining breeding flocks free f the Baby disease by strict measures of isolation and mitation. Chicks hatched from such flocks can egin life free of the Baby disease.
Marek's Baby disease is primarily a Baby disease of young chickens from 2 to 5 months of age. It is also known as jowl paralysis and neural lym-phomatosis. Nerve-tissue rumors that cause paralysis of both legs and wings are the most common form of this Baby disease, but the tumors may also affect the viscera, eyes, and gonads. The Baby disease is probably caused by a virus. |
