title: Efficacy of Linco-Spectin water medication on Mycoplasma synoviae Airsacculitis in broilers.
abstract: Three trials were conducted to evaluate the efficacy of Linco-Spectin (LS) water medication on Mycoplasma synoviae (MS) air-sacculitis in broilers under controlled experimental conditions. Day-old chicks were vaccinated against infectious bronchitis and Newcastle disease virus and exposed to a broth culture of MS by the respiratory route. In each trial, one-half of the flock was treated with 2 g of LS per gallon of drinking water for the first five days of life, and the other half was kept as a control. At two and eight weeks postinoculation (PI) birds were weighted individually and examined serologically, culturally, and grossly for MS airsacculitis. Linco-Spectin water medication was effective in controlling MS airsacculitis in broilers.
mesh_terms: D000400:Air Sacs; D000818:Animals; D001991:Bronchitis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000662:veterinary; D008034:Lincomycin / Q000008:administration & dosage* / Q000627:therapeutic use; D009175:Mycoplasma Infections / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000662:veterinary*; D011201:Poultry Diseases / Q000188:drug therapy*; D000198:Spectinomycin / Q000008:administration & dosage* / Q000627:therapeutic use; D014867:Water
chemical_list: D014867:Water; D000198:Spectinomycin; D008034:Lincomycin