TABLE 2.

Host and geographical origin of the isolates of M. avium subsp. paratuberculosis used in this study

Sample and host	Yr(s) of collection	No. of isolates obtained ina:				Total no. of isolates
		NSW	VIC	TAS	SA
Intestinal scrapings (sheep)	1995–1998	147	21			168
Cultured isolates
Sheep	1986	1				1
Cattle	1985–1997	44	100	7		151
Goat	1981–1982	2				2
Alpaca	1996–1997		2		1	3
Rhinoceros	1995	1				1
Human	1984		2			2
Total no. of isolates		195	125	7	1	328
Total no. of farms		57	38	NRb	1	96

^aAbbreviations: NSW, New South Wales; VIC, Victoria; TAS, Tasmania; SA, South Australia. 

^bNR, not recorded.