TABLE 2.
The distribution of Mycobacterium spp. isolated from slaughter pigs across the different provinces of South Africa.
| Province and number of abattoirs (n) | Abattoirs (numbers of isolates per abattoir) | Total number of isolates/samples (%) | Mycobacterium species identification |
| Gauteng (15) | Abattoir Br (n = 22) Abattoir Ste (n = 12) Abattoir Cha (n = 07) 5× abattoirs (n = 3 each) 7× abattoirs (n = 1) |
63 (47.7) | MAA (n = 5), MAH (n = 56), M. intracellulare (n = 1), M. tuberculosis (n = 1) |
| North West (9) | Abattoir In (n = 10) 4× abattoirs (n = 2) 4× abattoirs (n = 1) |
22 (16.6) | MAA (n = 2), MAH (n = 20) |
| Western Cape (6) | 5× abattoirs (n = 2 each) 1× abattoir (n = 1) |
11 (8.3) | MAH (n = 8), M. tuberculosis (n = 2), Micrococcus spp.* (n = 1) |
| Limpopo (3) | Abattoir Ma (n = 7) Abattoir Gr (n = 2) Abattoir Wa (n = 6) |
14 (10.6) | MAH (n = 14) |
| Eastern Cape (4) | 4× abattoirs (n = 2 each) | 8 (6) | MAH (n = 6), M. tuberculosis (n = 1), M. novocastrense (n = 1) |
| Mpumalanga (3) | 2× abattoirs (n = 2) 1× abattoir (n = 3) |
7 (5) | MAH (n = 7) |
| KwaZulu Natal (4) | Abattoir Ca (n = 3) 3× abattoirs (n = 1 each) |
6 (4.5) | MAA (n = 1), MAH (n = 2), M. bovis (n = 1), M. lentiflavum (n = 1), M. intracellulare (n = 1) |
| Total | 132 |
MAA, Mycobacterium avium subsp. avium; MAH, Mycobacterium avium subsp. hominissuis; *, non-Mycobacterium.