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Respiratory Disease That: Mycoplasmosis is a respiratory disease that 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 disease that 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.
There are voluntary organizations such as the National Tuberculosis and respiratory disease that Disease Association, the American Heart Association, and the American Cancer Society. Their particular concerns may be discerned through their titles. Voluntary organizations may focus on a specific disease such as Cancer (ACS), tuberculosis and respiratory disease that diseases (NTRDA), or muscular dystrophy (National Muscular Dystrophy Association). Others may focus on an organ of the body with its related problems—for example, the American Heart Association. Some of these groups are organized with chapters in cities and counties.
Infectious bronchitis is a respiratory disease that disease caused by a virus, which affects all ages of susceptible birds. It is characterized by coughing, gasping, nasal discharge, weakness, and depression. In young chickens, mortality may be very high, but in adults little mortality is observed. The disease is best controlled by vaccination with modified live-virus vaccines at regular intervals.
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