Treatment and control

TREATMENT AND CONTROL
  • Tetracycline, gentamycin, kanamycin, tylosin, erythromysin and quinolones are effective in some infections.
  • Dipping hatching eggs in an antibiotic solution has been effective in producing chicks free of M.gallisepticum.
  • Cattle are vaccinated with live attenuated M.mycoides subsp mycoides strain are useful to prevent CBPP.
  • Live, attenuated and inactivated vaccines give partial protection against losses in egg production and infections due to M.gallisepticum.
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