AN INVESTIGATION ON THE RECOVERY OF MYCOPLASM FROM MIGRATING WATER FOWLS (ANAS C. CRECCA' GALLINULA C. CHOROPUS AND FULICA ARTA ARTA)

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From 55 migrating water fowls 3 mycoplasma spp. (M. anatis, M. gallinarum and M. iners), 2 Achole plasma spp. (A. laidlawii and A. axanthum) and 2 untyped strains were isolated. The isolated strains experimentally proved to be pathogenic to white pekin ducklings.