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. 2014 Feb 18;9(2):e88824. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0088824

Table 2. Occurrence of tuberculosis-like lesions in different anatomical regions of wild boar.

TB LESION DISTRIBUTION PATTERNS (n = 115)
One anatomical region 89%(102)
 Head only 83.5%(96)
 Thorax only 4.3%(5)
 Abdomen only 0.8%(1)
Two or more anatomical region 11%(13)
 Head an thorax 7%(8)
 Head and abdomen 3.5%(4)
 Thorax and abdomen 0
 Head, thorax and abdomen 0.9%(1)
Submandibular lymph nodes 92%(106)
Retropharyngeal lymph nodes 16.5%(19)
Bronquial or mediastinic lymph nodes 12%(14)
Lungs parenchyma 1.7%(2)
Mesenteric lymph nodes 5%(6)
Abdominal viscera 0

Percentage of wild boars showing localized of generalized specific TBLL in different anatomical regions amongst 115 individuals in which complete post-mortem examination was performed.