Breeding for health question

[QuackerzzMB]

Hello, I have a question about breeding for disease resistance in ducks . I was reading an article by the American Livestock Conservancy called “Ongoing Selection of Breeding stock”

It says you can breed for resistance against diseases in chickens as long as it’s not a “highly Pathogenic” disease. I would imagine this could apply to ducks as well.

Now my questions are what is a Highly Pathogenic disease? And is Mycoplasma gallisepticum a highly pathogenic disease?

I know ducks can get it and I’d really like to breed against it.

 

[Isaac 0]

Luckily, waterfowl aren't often affected by respiratory diseases as much as chickens are. If you're looking to prevent diseases you can start off by providing good management, keeping their feed and water clean is very essential to their health, as well as maintaining a clean, well-ventilanted coop, and spacious living quarters that allows them to replicate things they would do out in the wild.