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.