TABLE 1.
Diversity of Mycobacterium species isolated from different lymph nodes of slaughter pigs.
Mycobacterium species/subspecies | Mycobacterium count (%) | Lymph node |
M. avium subsp. avium | 8 (6) | Mesenteric, mandibular, submandibular |
M. avium subsp. hominissuis | 114 (86.4) | Mesenteric, mandibular, submandibular retropharyngeal |
M. bovis | 1 (0.75) | Mesenteric |
M. intracellulare | 2 (1.5) | Mesenteric |
M. lentiflavum | 1 (0.75) | Mesenteric |
M. novocastrense | 1 (0.75) | Mandibular |
M. tuberculosis | 4 (3) | Mesenteric, mandibular |
Micrococcus spp.* | 1 (0.75) | Mesenteric |
Total | 132 |
*Non-Mycobacterium species.