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A chicken gets Mycoplasma gallisepticum, a respiratory disease. What is true afterward?

It stays infected for life and can spread it to other birds.

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  1. It is cured in a week
  2. It can never infect another bird
  3. It stays infected and can spread it for life ✔

Why: Medicine can ease the signs but does not get rid of the infection. That is one more reason to quarantine new birds and buy from tested flocks.

Huh, didn't know that: Stress, cold weather, crowding and poor air can make the signs worse.

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Answer: It stays infected and can spread it for life. Medicine can ease the signs but does not get rid of the infection. That is one more reason to quarantine new birds and buy from tested flocks.

  1. Mycoplasma gallisepticum Infection in Poultry, Merck Veterinary Manual www.merckvetmanual.com/poultry/mycoplasmosis/mycoplasma-gallisepticum-infection-in-poultry
    Once individuals or flocks are infected, they remain infected for life and act as carriers or reservoirs
    Checked 2026-10-11.

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