RESULTS STAINING TO CONFIRM A DIAGNOSIS OF SWINE MYCOBACTERIOSIS MADEON THE BASIS OF GROSS EXAMINATION

Authors
MARGOLIS MJ HUTCHINSON LJ KEPHART KB HATTEL AL WHITLOCK RH PAYEUR JB
Citation
Mj. Margolis et al., RESULTS STAINING TO CONFIRM A DIAGNOSIS OF SWINE MYCOBACTERIOSIS MADEON THE BASIS OF GROSS EXAMINATION, Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association, 204(10), 1994, pp. 1571-1572
Citations number
10
Categorie Soggetti
Veterinary Sciences
Journal title
Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association → ACNP
ISSN journal
00031488
Volume
204
Issue
10
Year of publication
1994
Pages
1571 - 1572
Database
ISI
SICI code
0003-1488(1994)204:10<1571:RSTCAD>2.0.ZU;2-8
Abstract
Overall, 74% of the tissue specimens that meal inspectors at a large P ennsylvania packing plant identified as lesions oi swine mycobacterios is yielded Mycobacterium avium on bacteriologic culture. Histopatholog ic lesions compatible with mycobacteriosis were identified in 83% of t he specimens; only 12% of the specimens had acid-fast staining organis ms.