No it does not. You can eat these birds and their eggs after the withdrawal period, no problem. As for any that hatch, there are 2 minds on this one. Some learned people say that these eggs will not reach full maturity in the egg and so cannot hatch. There are others who have had chicks hatch and although they are deemed carriers, have immunities carried from their parents. I am still reading up on this stuff myself. As far as I know I don't have it in my flock but I truely believe forwarned is forarmed. Read all you can and pick up some books on poultry health and treatments. Always a good idea to have something you don't need electricity to search.So lets say further down the road that I have hatched out chickens from this Rooster and my hens. Lets say they are carriers of this as well. Does that mean that they can't be eaten?