Resistance to Mycoplasma synoviae is bursal dependent.
Bursectomizing small bursa line birds produced susceptibility to Mycoplasma synoviae. This suggested that M. synoviae is B cell dependent, but does not rule out a T cell effect.
D000818:Animals; D000831:Animals, Newborn; D001402:B-Lymphocytes / Q000276:immunology; D002060:Bursa of Fabricius / Q000276:immunology*; D002645:Chickens; D006385:Hemagglutination Inhibition Tests; D007106:Immune Sera; D009174:Mycoplasma / Q000276:immunology*; D009522:Newcastle disease virus / Q000276:immunology; D013154:Spleen / Q000166:cytology / Q000276:immunology; D013950:Thymus Gland / Q000276:immunology; D014611:Vaccination; D014765:Viral Vaccines; D014780:Viruses / Q000276:immunology
D007106:Immune Sera; D014765:Viral Vaccines