ThePoultrySite Quick Disease Guide Mycoplasma iowae infection,
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Copy Infection with Mycoplasma iowae is seen in turkeys, and can
occur in other poultry and wild bird species. Infection occurs
via the conjunctiva or upper respiratory tract and transmission
among poults may be vertical, venereal or horizontal. -
Embryonic mortality. - Reduced hatchability. - Stunted embryos
with hepatitis and enlarged spleens, some with down abnormality.
Leg lesions can be shown in inoculated birds but do not seem to
occur naturally, perhaps because all affected embryos fail to
hatch. Isolation and identification of the causative organism
from dead-in-shell embryos. Pressure differential dipping has
been used where breeder flocks are infected. Specialised dip
tanks are subjected to negative pressure which partially
collapses the air cell of the submerged eggs. When the vacuum is
released the eggs draw in antibiotic solution which is
subsequently absorbed through th