IFAS Extension
Mycoplasma Gallisepticum - A Continuing Problem in Commercial Poultry
Gary D. Butcher
Agriculture
Abstract
This document is about Mycoplasma gallisepticum (MG), which remains a persistent challenge in the commercial poultry industry worldwide, despite eradication efforts in grandparent stock and turkeys. The organism, fragile outside the host, causes long-term respiratory infections in chickens, complicating control in multi-age flocks. Original publication date May 2002.
About this Publication
This document is VM130, one of a series of the Veterinary Medicine-Department of Large Animal Clinical Sciences, UF/IFAS Extension. Original publication date May 2002. Visit the EDIS website at https://edis.ifas.ufl.edu for the currently supported version of this publication.
About the Authors
Gary. D. Butcher, DVM, Ph.D., diplomate, American College of Poultry Veterinarians, University of Florida College of Veterinary Medicine, UF/IFAS Extention, Gainesville, FL 32611.
How to Cite
Butcher, G. D. (2002). Mycoplasma Gallisepticum - A Continuing Problem in Commercial Poultry. EDIS, 2002(5). https://doi.org/10.32473/edis-ps034-2002
Authors
Gary Butcher
Specialist
University of Florida
professor and avian diseases Extension specialist, UF College of Veterinary Medicine