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Results of the diagnostic methods used for the detection of MAP infection in tissue samples (number of positive animals)
| Substudy | n * | Number of positive animals | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bacterial microscopy | Isolation | Histology | Immuno- histochemistry† | ||
| 1 | 50 | 46 | 49 | 49 | 47 |
| 2 | 150 | 2 (1‡) | 42 | 17 | 0 |
MAP, Mycobacterium avium ssp. paratuberculosis.
Number of animals examined.
Immunohistochemical labelling of Mycobacterium spp.
MAP infection could not be confirmed with other methods.
