Mycoplasma question

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Nendei said:
Honestly.. in my opinion, I think it's best if you kept a closed flock if you have a positive MG flock. I honestly recommend getting testing done before you do anything. MG is sadly a chronic disease that if you even treat, symptoms can reappear again anytime, especially if the bird is stressed. They also carry the bacteria for life, shedding and spreading it through their feces, feathers, dander, respiratory secretions and other bodily fluids. MG can be spread vertically through the eggs of developing embryos, making any chicks that happen to hatch, already sick with this bacteria. Chicks may or may not show symptoms right away, but they'll quickly become unthrifty, have stunted growth and very well could die. If you don't want to deal with the chronic disease, cull all infected birds, disinfect and throughly clean everything they've touched. I HIGHLY suggest that you don't EVER BREED from your sick flock. By keeping a closed flock, you'll prevent other birds from getting sick and suffering from this bacteria as well as save others' flocks from getting the bacteria.
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Also if I treat with antibiotics will the bacteria in a chicken not go away?
 
Carter Martin said:
Also if I treat with antibiotics will the bacteria in a chicken not go away?
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Unfortunately, no. The bacteria will just remain dormant in the bird's body until another stressful trigger starts it up again. They are asymptomatic carriers of the bacteria for life.
 
Carter Martin said:
How do you think I can best disinfect and throughly clean wooden pallet pens. Also how particular do you think I need to be. The infected chicken was in pens beside other chickens but not directly with them. With me taking care of them they may have gotten exposed through me. If in a month they don't show symtoms can I safely say they don't have it?
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Normally when symptoms of any disease doesn't show up within 30 days, it doesn't always mean they're not currently carrying it. Best thing you can do, is do live testing or send a bird for a necropsy to be done. And yes, you can carry the bacteria on your boots/shoes, clothing, skin and even in your nose or mouth. Best way to disinfect, would be using Oxine, it's been proven to destroy the Marek's Disease Herpesvirus. The MG bacteria can only survive in the environment for 3 days with temperatures over 72F, any lower, it can survive longer. I'll give you some links to good testing places that you can fill out a forum to:

RAL: http://www.vetdna.com/
Zoologix: http://www.zoologix.com/avian/index.htm

Oxine: https://www.amazon.com/Bio-Cide-Int...dchild=1&keywords=oxine&qid=1612335887&sr=8-2

Hope this helps! Feel free to ask me more questions if you have anymore!
 
It seems to me that I heard somewhere that mycoplasma bacteria are around but as long as the chicken doesn't get sick with it you're good. So if some of my chickens were exposed to only a small amount of bacteria through all this and they don't show any symptoms then isn't that the same as running into some of this bacteria while they're free ranging.
 
Carter Martin said:
How do you think I can best disinfect and throughly clean wooden pallet pens. Also how particular do you think I need to be. The infected chicken was in pens beside other chickens but not directly with them. With me taking care of them they may have gotten exposed through me. If in a month they don't show symtoms can I safely say they don't have it?
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I might wait longer than a month, but really....personally, I wouldn't worry about it. Chickens are amazing creatures and although I understand that science says they are permanent carriers of a lot of stuff, I think you'll find that your flock remains healthy and that the likelihood of infecting new birds is not high. That is just my experience, and my opinion. If you are looking for a good disinfectant, I recommend Oxine. You can put a quarter cup in a spray bottle mixed with water. It is a very powerful disinfectant, 10X more powerful than bleach. You do not have to put it in a mister. You can spray everything in sight with it...even mist the birds themselves with the spray bottle. And put a few drops in their drinking water, too.

Get some Denagard and use it as a preventative. It is expensive, but a little goes a long way. You have to mix Denagard in water, and add a cup or so of fruit juice and a little Karo syrup, so that the birds will drink it. It is very bitter. If you use it in their water for five days at a time, and repeat every 1 - 2 months, you should see your birds continue to be symptom free.
 
chicknmania said:
I might wait longer than a month, but really....personally, I wouldn't worry about it. Chickens are amazing creatures and although I understand that science says they are permanent carriers of a lot of stuff, I think you'll find that your flock remains healthy and that the likelihood of infecting new birds is not high. That is just my experience, and my opinion. If you are looking for a good disinfectant, I recommend Oxine. You can put a quarter cup in a spray bottle mixed with water. It is a very powerful disinfectant, 10X more powerful than bleach. You do not have to put it in a mister. You can spray everything in sight with it...even mist the birds themselves with the spray bottle. And put a few drops in their drinking water, too.

Get some Denagard and use it as a preventative. It is expensive, but a little goes a long way. You have to mix Denagard in water, and add a cup or so of fruit juice and a little Karo syrup, so that the birds will drink it. It is very bitter. If you use it in their water for five days at a time, and repeat every 1 - 2 months, you should see your birds continue to be symptom free.
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How long does denagard keep? We got some 3 years ago, are using it now. The expiration date isn't past but I can't swear it's been kept at the right temps all these years...
 
chicknmania said:
I might wait longer than a month, but really....personally, I wouldn't worry about it. Chickens are amazing creatures and although I understand that science says they are permanent carriers of a lot of stuff, I think you'll find that your flock remains healthy and that the likelihood of infecting new birds is not high. That is just my experience, and my opinion. If you are looking for a good disinfectant, I recommend Oxine. You can put a quarter cup in a spray bottle mixed with water. It is a very powerful disinfectant, 10X more powerful than bleach. You do not have to put it in a mister. You can spray everything in sight with it...even mist the birds themselves with the spray bottle. And put a few drops in their drinking water, too.

Get some Denagard and use it as a preventative. It is expensive, but a little goes a long way. You have to mix Denagard in water, and add a cup or so of fruit juice and a little Karo syrup, so that the birds will drink it. It is very bitter. If you use it in their water for five days at a time, and repeat every 1 - 2 months, you should see your birds continue to be symptom free.
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Thanks this is kind of what I was thinking to do. But I didn't think I should give them anything to prevent it because then I wouldn't know for sure whether they all have it or not. I complete moved away my most special chickens that weren't very infected if at all and left my infected ones where they were and now I was just going to wait a month or so and if nothing showed up then I was going to go one about like normal if something showed up then I would just get rid of that chicken and probably start my quarantine over or maybe then give some antibiotics.

Does Denagard keep chickens from getting it or does it just keep them from showing symptoms. What does it do if they already have the disease.
 
I looked it up,the acting ingredient is tiamulin, which is a part synthetic antibiotic used for pigs, turkeys and chicken, to treat mycoplasma you have to give the chickens 25mg/kg on 3-5 consecutive days, it is made out of a certain kind of mushrooms.. please contact you vet for exact dosage!!! I am not a vet, I just read the package instructions, it has a waiting period of 28 days for pigs...
 

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