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===Mycoplasmas of poultry===
 
===Mycoplasmas of poultry===
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*''M. gallisepticum''
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[[Mycoplasma gallisepticum]]
**Causes chronic repsiratory disease in chickens and infectious sinusitis in turkeys
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**Transmission via the egg and aerosol
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**Reduced egg production
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**Identification by serum plate agglutination test, haemagglutination inhibition and ELISA
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**Controlled in specific-pathogen-free flocks
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**Modified live vaccines and bacterins available
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*''M. meleagridis''
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**Hatching problems; airsacculitis in young poults; joint and bone deformities in growers; poor growth rates
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**Transmitted mainly via eggs and semen
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**Serum plate agglutination test for identification
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**In-water tylosin for first 10 days of life
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**Eggs can be dipped in tylosin
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*''M synoviae''
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**Causes infectious synovitis in chickens and turkeys
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**Transmitted by aerosol
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**Synovitis, arthritis, respiratory disease
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**Confirmation by isolation or serology
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**In-feed tetracycline
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**Eradication through specific-pathogen-free flocks
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[[Mycoplasma meleagridis]]
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[[Mycoplasma synoviae]]
    
===Other mycoplasmas===
 
===Other mycoplasmas===
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