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. 1981 Jun 1;22(2):153–161. doi: 10.1186/BF03547504

Serological Investigations of Mycobacterium Avium and M. Avium-Like Bacteria Isolated from Domestic and Wild Animals

Serologiske undersøkeiser over Mycobacterium avium og Μ. aviumliknende bakterier isolert fra domestiserte og ville dyr

Finn Saxegaard 1,✉
PMCID: PMC8300490  PMID: 7304356

Abstract

One hundred and two Mycobacterium avium and M. avium-like strains isolated from domestic and wild animals were submitted to serological typing by means of the agglutination method developed by Schaefer. Of the 82 porcine strains M. intracellulare serotype 8 dominated, followed in order of frequency by serotypes 1, 4, 2, 10 and 6. Of the 20 strains originating from other animals 7 were typed as either serotype 2, 3, 8 or 10. The 3 strains isolated from wild birds were all serotype 2. As a considerable number of the wild animal strains were autoagglutinable, the suitability of the agglutination test for typing such strains is discussed.

Keywords: Mycobacterium avium, M. intracellulare, serotyping, agglutination

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This investigation was supported by grants from the Norwegian Agricultural Research Council.

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