Bovine tuberculosis in African buffaloes: observations regarding Mycobacterium bovisshedding into water and exposure to environmental mycobacteria

Table 1 Bovine tuberculosis culture and lesion status of the different groups of study buffalo

No. of buffalo	Group	No. of buffalo surviving	Culture positive	No. buffalo with lesions
27	Experimental	27	17	15
27	In-contact	24	14	13
11	Calves*	10	2	2
Total	*	61	33	30

*One calf which died before the end of the study presented with lesions consistent with pneumonia and yielded M. bovis on culture of lung tissue

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