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Table 4 Prevalence of M. tuberculosis complex (MTC) and M. avium complex (MAC) species infection, in wild boar in Atlantic Spain, using culture, serology and pathology

From: Wild boar tuberculosis in Iberian Atlantic Spain: a different picture from Mediterranean habitats

 

Culture of MTC

Culture of MAC

ELISA M. bovis

Pathology M. bovis

    

Gross lesions

Generalized lesions

Localized lesions

Microscopic lesions and IHC* for M. bovis

Wild boar

33/1,275

58/1,275

22/1,057

6/70

1/6

5/6

9/70

 

(2.59%)

(4.55%)

(2.08%)

(8.57%)

(16.7%)

(83.43%)

(12.86%)

  1. * IHC Immunohistochemistry was performed on animals with microscopic tuberculosis-like lesions.