I live in hope mills and got this email
Hi everyone,
I just talked to Jeff Hardin, tester for the state, and he told me that the outbreak in Hope Mills was not ILT at this point. He said they had tested for it and the tests were not conclusive so they have only quarantined at this point. He called the lab after he talked with me and called me back to say that the lab informed him that while it mimicked ILT it did not did not have most of the symptoms as far as the test show. He did say the birds tested positive for MG(Mycoplasma Gallisepticum). This disease resembles ILT in symptoms. It is a egg born disease meaning it can be transmitted from hen to chick through the eggs. It is a state quarantined disease but not one that they would euthanize the flock. He said they will be doing regular testing during the quarantine period and he would keep me posted.
Jeff also said that if any of us had concerns or thinks that their birds may have been exposed we should go ahead and use Terramycin in our flocks water.
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Hi everyone,
I just talked to Jeff Hardin, tester for the state, and he told me that the outbreak in Hope Mills was not ILT at this point. He said they had tested for it and the tests were not conclusive so they have only quarantined at this point. He called the lab after he talked with me and called me back to say that the lab informed him that while it mimicked ILT it did not did not have most of the symptoms as far as the test show. He did say the birds tested positive for MG(Mycoplasma Gallisepticum). This disease resembles ILT in symptoms. It is a egg born disease meaning it can be transmitted from hen to chick through the eggs. It is a state quarantined disease but not one that they would euthanize the flock. He said they will be doing regular testing during the quarantine period and he would keep me posted.
Jeff also said that if any of us had concerns or thinks that their birds may have been exposed we should go ahead and use Terramycin in our flocks water.
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