Table 1. The amounts of fecal Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis (MAP) DNA and histopathological classification of 153 cattle (Holstein Friesian cattle and Japanese Black cattle).
| Fecal MAP DNA (pg/well) |
Histopathological classification |
Total | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N type | T type | T/L type | L type | ||
| <10−2 | 24 (13, 11) | 17 (11, 6) | 6 (6,0) | 47 (30, 17) | |
| 10−2–10−1 | 17 (9, 8) | 18 (13, 5) | 4 (3, 1) | 39 (25, 14) | |
| 10−1–10° | 1 (1, 0) | 7 (5, 2) | 16 (15, 1) | 24 (21, 3) | |
| 10°–101 | 12 (10, 2) | 6 (4, 2) | 18 (14, 4) | ||
| 101–102 | 5 (3, 2) | 12 (6, 6) | 17 (9, 8) | ||
| ≥102 | 8 (3, 5) | 8 (3, 5) | |||
| Total | 42 (23, 19) | 42 (29, 13) | 43 (37, 6) | 26 (13, 13) | 153 (102, 51) |
N type: non-lesional type, T type: tuberculoid type, L type: lepromatous type, T/L type: mixed type.