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    • Avian disease ecology
    • Host-pathogen interactions

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    • Population immunity influences survival and disease spread.
    • Assessing immunity longevity in wildlife is challenging due to monitoring limitations.
    • Understanding individual variation in disease is crucial for predicting wildlife epidemics.

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    • To determine if birds retain immunity to Mycoplasma gallisepticum (MG) for 3 years.
    • To investigate differences in MG transmission between first- and second-infection birds.

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    • Two experiments using an avian host-pathogen system.
    • Assessed immunity persistence in previously exposed birds after 3 years.
    • Compared MG transmission dynamics between naive and previously infected birds.

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    • Birds maintained partial immunity to MG for 3 years post-infection, exhibiting resistance.
    • First-infection birds experienced pathology and pathogen growth, and transmitted MG.
    • Second-infection birds showed pathology and pathogen growth but did not transmit MG.

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    • Three years of immunity may confer lifetime protection and reduce flock transmission risk.
    • Findings have significant implications for understanding MG epidemics in wild bird populations.
    • This research contributes to broader knowledge of wildlife disease dynamics and immunity.