Table 3. Results of culturing samples following identification of macroscopic lesions at slaughter that were typical or suspicious of tuberculosis in cattle and deer from 2003 to 2009 in New Zealand.
| Cattle | Farmed deer | Feral deer a | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mycobacterium bovis | 1,695 | 412 | 23 | 2,130 |
| Mycobacterium pinnipedii | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Mycobacterium avium complex b | 28 | 405 | 1 | 434 |
| Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis | 2 | 1,677 | NA c | 1,679 |
| Other mycobacteria | 2 | 19 | 7 | 28 |
| Rhodococcus equi | 294 | 81 | 0 | 375 |
| No mycobacteria or R. equi isolated | 2,452 | 1,689 | 2,985 | 7,126 |
| Total | 4,476 | 4,283 | 3,016 | 11,775 |
a Culture results of feral deer mostly include non-lesioned lymph nodes collected as part of surveillance operations
b Excluding M. avium subsp. paratuberculosis
c No mycobactin-supplemented media was included for culturing samples from feral deer