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Table 3 Mycobacterial growth in tissues and faeces from Mycobacterium avium subsp. hominissuis or Mycobacterium avium subsp. avium inoculated pigs

From: A comparative study of Mycobacterium avium subsp. avium and Mycobacterium avium subsp. hominissuisin experimentally infected pigs

Mycobacterium aviumsubsp. hominissuis

Time after inoculation

6 weeks

8 weeks

12 weeks

Animal no

#1

#2

#3

#4

#5

#6

#7

#8

#9

#10

Lnn. mandibulares

4

1

4

3

4

3

1

3

4

4

Tonsils

4

1

4

4

4

4

1

C

4

4

Lnn. bifurcationis sinn.

1

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

2

-

Lung

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

Spleen

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

Liver

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

Lnn. jejunales

4

4

4

4

-

2

4

4

4

4

Lnn. ileocolici

3

3

-

2

-

1

2

4

4

-

Lnn. colici

4

4

-

-

-

4

-

4

4

-

Jejunal Peyer's patches

1

-

-

4

2

-

-

-

-

-

Ileal Peyer's patches

4

1

2

2

-

3

-

-

-

-

Faeces

4

1

3

2

-

2

-

-

-

-

Mycobacterium avium subsp. avium

Time after inoculation

6 weeks

12 weeks

Animal no

#11

#12

#13

#14

#15

#16

#17

#18

#19

#20

Lnn. mandibulares

3

2

1

-

1

1

1

4

4

4

Tonsils

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

1

1

Lnn. bifurcationis sinn.

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

Lung

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

Spleen

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

Liver

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

Lnn. jejunales

4

2

1

2

1

-

1

4

4

2

Lnn. ileocolici

1

1

-

2

1

-

-

3

4

4

Lnn. colici

-

1

-

-

1

1

2

-

-

2

Jejunal Peyer's patches

4

2

1

-

3

-

-

-

-

-

Ileal Peyer's patches

3

2

3

-

3

1

-

1

-

1

Faeces

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

  1. 1 = 1-9CFU, 2 = 10 - 49CFU, 3 = 50 - 100CFU, 4 = > 100CFU
  2. C = contaminated