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The Disease Confers: The disease confers a high degree of immu nity, and many veterinarians rely on this foi further protection of the horse. Uninfected animals can be protected by vaccination.
The bedding of diseased horses should bf burned, and the stalls, feedboxes, watering devices, and other equipment should be thoroughly cleaned and disinfected, as the organism may relin viable for months in the dried nasal dis-arge and he capable of causing reinfection.
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.
The early symptoms are body temperature i to 106° F (41° C), watery nasal discharge, and persistent dry cough. Inflammation of the lun may be aggravated by a secondary bacterial i fection. Recovery requires about two weeks, b the horse should not be exercised for two wee after all symptoms have abated.
An attack of the disease confers a high d gree of immunity, which may last for sever years. A vaccine consisting of killed A-l and A strain viruses is available, but annual boost injections are required for protection.
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