TABLE 2.
Relationship between farms with or without a known history of Johne’s disease and the presence of rabbits from which M. avium subsp. paratuberculosis was cultured or for which lesions were observed with or without acid-fast bacilli
| Rabbit typea | No. of farms with (+) or without (−) history of Johne’s disease
|
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|---|---|---|---|
| + | − | Total | |
| Culture+ and/or lesion+ | 9 | 2 | 11 |
| Culture− and lesion− | 5 | 6 | 11 |
| Culture+ | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| Culture− | 11 | 7 | 18 |
| Lesion+ and AFB+ | 5 | 1 | 6 |
| Lesion+ and AFB− | 9 | 2 | 11 |
a
Culture+, positive for M. avium subsp. paratuberculosis; AFB, acid-fast bacilli.