Studies on an Outbreak of Mycoplasma Gallisepticum Infection Among Peafowls (Pavo Cristatus)

SUMMARY An outbreak of Mycoplasma gallisepticum infection was recorded in a batch of 21 peafowls kept in the State Biological Park, Orissa. The clinical signs manifested by the seven affected peafowls were dullness, frequent shaking of the head, sticky nasal discharge, mouth breathing and swelling of the infraorbital sinus. M. gallisepticum was isolated from six out of seven of the clinically affected birds. Treatment with oxytetracycline hydrochloride and vitamin A cured the condition in ten days.