Mycoplasma gallisepticum
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- M. gallisepticum
- Causes chronic repsiratory disease in chickens and infectious sinusitis in turkeys
- Transmission via the egg and aerosol
- Reduced egg production
- Identification by serum plate agglutination test, haemagglutination inhibition and ELISA
- Controlled in specific-pathogen-free flocks
- Modified live vaccines and bacterins available