Diagnostic and treating trials for mycoplasmosis with emphasis on chemical analysis of blood components

ABSTRACT

Experimental infection of chicks with Mycoplasma gallisepticum and M. gallisepticum and M. synoviae was assessed to study the influence of infection on blood glucose and cholesterol levels as method of diagnosis. Infection with mycoplasma [reference and field strains] resulted in increase of serum glucose and cholesterol levels which returned to their normal levels after treatment with Kitamox