Diseases carried in eggs.

[steffanos]

Hi,
I was just wondering please, if it is possible to have any diseases transmitted via bought in eggs for incubating.
In other words, can introducing young birds from your own incubating/hatching bring in disease - if the eggs are from an outside source.
All else being equal of course. I'm not looking for a lecture on the importance of only buying from healthy stock please!
Thanks.

 

[tygrysek75]

chance to bring diseases in hatching eggs are gratly reduced.Hawing said that one comes to a mind and it is salmonella.I know there is few others but cant remember names.

 

[Marigold]

I was comforted to read somewhere that Marek's isn't carried in eggs. I don't know about anything else and shall be interested in any other replies.

 

[tygrysek75]

Just read that Lymphoid Leucosis(big Liver Disease or Visceral Leucosis) also can be transmitet thru egg.This is viral disease.
Another is Aspergillosis(brooder pneumonia or Fungal pneumonia)-fungus responsible.
Chronic respiratory disease(CRD) also mycoplama

 

[steffanos]

Thanks to everyone for the replies. I shall definitely keep an eye on the young stock as a result. They will be seperate for the first 6 months, so I should be able to deal with any problems before cross-infection occurs.