Table 3. Summary table of non-tuberculous mycobacteria species recovered from slaughtered cattle in 4 abattoirs in Cameroon stratified by whether they were recovered from an animal reported as having bTB-like lesions by the meat inspector or from the random sample of lymph nodes from non-lesioned animals.
| Species | Abattoir | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bamenda | Ngaoundere | Garoua | Maroua | Total | |
| Lesioned animals | n = 45 | n = 106 | n = 38 | n = 18 | |
| M. fortuitum | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
| M. gordonae | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| M. mucogenicum | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| M. phlei | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| M. scrofulaceum | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| M. species | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| Total from lesioned animals | 3 (0.067) | 7 (0.066) | 3 (0.079) | 1 (0.056) | 14 |
| Non-lesion animals | n = 91 | n = 88 | |||
| M. fortuitum | 0 | 0 | – | – | 0 |
| M. gordonae | 2 | 0 | – | – | 2 |
| M. mucogenicum | 0 | 0 | – | – | 0 |
| M. phlei | 8 | 1 | – | – | 9 |
| M. scrofulaceum | 1 | 0 | – | – | 1 |
| M. species | 6 | 3 | – | – | 9 |
| Total from non-lesioned animals | 17 (0.187) | 4 (0.045) | – | – | 21 |
Number in bold parentheses are proportions.