Results of using histologic examination and acid-fast staining to confirm a diagnosis of swine mycobacteriosis made on the basis of gross examination

Overall, 74% of the tissue specimens that meat inspectors at a large Pennsylvania packing plant identified as lesions of swine mycobacteriosis yielded Mycobacterium avium on bacteriologic culture. Histopathologic lesions compatible with mycobacteriosis were identified in 83% of the specimens; only 1...

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Published in:	Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association Vol. 204; no. 10; p. 1571
Main Authors:	Margolis, M J, Hutchinson, L J, Kephart, K B, Hattel, A L, Whitlock, R H, Payeur, J B
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	United States 15-05-1994
Subjects:	Abattoirs Animals Food Inspection Mycobacterium avium - isolation & purification Reproducibility of Results Swine Swine Diseases - pathology Tuberculosis - pathology Tuberculosis - veterinary
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Summary:	Overall, 74% of the tissue specimens that meat inspectors at a large Pennsylvania packing plant identified as lesions of swine mycobacteriosis yielded Mycobacterium avium on bacteriologic culture. Histopathologic lesions compatible with mycobacteriosis were identified in 83% of the specimens; only 12% of the specimens had acid-fast staining organisms.
ISSN:	0003-1488
DOI:	10.2460/javma.1994.204.10.1571