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Effects of a Prelay 6/85-Strain Mycoplasma gallisepticum Inoculation Alone or in Conjunction with Subsequent F-Strain M. gallisepticum Inoculations During Lay on the Internal Egg Characteristics of Commercial Egg-Laying Hens^1,2

K. A. Viscione^*, S. L. Branton, P. D. Gerard, S. K. Whitmarsh^* and E. D. Peebles^*,3

^* Department of Poultry Science, Mississippi State University, Mississippi State, MS 39762; Poultry Research Unit, Agricultural Research Service, USDA, Mississippi State, MS 39762; and Department of Applied Economics and Statistics, Clemson University, Clemson, SC 29634

³ Corresponding author: dpeebles{at}poultry.msstate.edu

The effects of a prelay 6/85-strain Mycoplasma gallisepticum (6/85MG) inoculation alone or in conjunction with subsequent F-strain M. gallisepticum (FMG) inoculations during lay on the internal egg characteristics of commercial egg-laying hens were investigated. In the first 2 treatment groups, birds were sham inoculated or were inoculated with 6/85MG at 10 wk of age. In a third treatment group, birds were inoculated with 6/85MG at 10 wk in conjunction with a subsequent inoculation of FMG at 22 wk, and in a fourth treatment group, birds were inoculated with 6/85MG at 10 wk in conjunction with a subsequent inoculation of FMG at 45 wk. Percentage yolk weight, albumen weight, yolk moisture, and yolk lipid were determined at 24, 32, 43, 47, and 58 wk of hen age. The data from wk 24, 32, and 43 were analyzed separately from those at wk 47 and 58. Furthermore, yolk fatty acid profiles were determined at wk 58. The applied treatments affected yolk moisture and fatty acid profiles. Across wk 24, 32, and 43, yolk moisture content was higher in birds inoculated with 6/85MG at 10 wk and FMG at 22 wk when compared with control birds and those inoculated with 6/85MG at 10 wk alone. In addition, at wk 58, yolk palmitic, oleic, and linolenic acid concentrations were affected differently by treatment. A 22-wk FMG inoculation in birds previously inoculated with 6/85MG at 10 wk may increase yolk moisture content, and alterations in yolk palmitic, oleic, and linolenic acid levels with treatment may be manifested by disturbances in fatty acid synthesis.

Key Words: 6/85-strain Mycoplasma gallisepticum • F-strain Mycoplasma gallisepticum • inoculation • laying hen • yolk

¹ This is journal no. J-11221 from the Mississippi Agricultural and Forestry Experiment Station (Mississippi State, MS 39762), supported by MIS-321010.

² Use of trade names in this publication does not imply endorsement by Mississippi Agricultural and Forestry Experiment Station of these products, nor similar ones not mentioned.

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