Mycoplasmosis is a respiratory disease caused y the bacteria Mycoplasma gallisepticum. It is Iso known as air sac disease or chronic respira-jry disease. Those affected with the disease may how nasal discharge, watery eyes, and respira-)ry difficulty. This disease is often associated /ith other respiratory diseases. It is transmitted hiefly from infected hens to their chicks through le eggs. The disease can also be transmitted by ontact with infected individuals, but it spreads ery slowly in this manner. The disease can best e controlled by maintaining breeding flocks free f the disease by strict measures of isolation and mitation. Chicks hatched from such flocks can egin life free of the disease.
When established in 1798, the Public Health Service was authorized only to provide medical care for merchant seamen. It now has a threefold mission: to protect and improve the health of all Americans; to conduct and support research into the causes and cures of disease; and to develop better understanding and control of all hazards to health in man's environment—in the air, the water, and in the products he consumes—and of the accidents to which he is subject.
Marek's disease is primarily a 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 disease, but the tumors may also affect the viscera, eyes, and gonads. The disease is probably caused by a virus.
Mycoplasmosis is a respiratory disease caused y the bacteria Mycoplasma gallisepticum. It is Iso known as air sac disease or chronic respira-jry disease. Those affected with the disease may how nasal discharge, watery eyes, and respira-)ry difficulty. This disease is often associated /ith other respiratory diseases. It is transmitted hiefly from infected hens to their chicks through le eggs. The disease can also be transmitted by ontact with infected individuals, but it spreads ery slowly in this manner. The disease can best e controlled by maintaining breeding flocks free f the disease by strict measures of isolation and mitation. Chicks hatched from such flocks can egin life free of the disease.