Prevalence ofMycobacterium aviumin Slaughter Pigs in The Netherlands and Comparison of IS1245Restriction Fragment Length Polymorphism Patterns of Porcine and Human Isolates

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A significant increase in the incidence of caseous lesions in the lymph nodes of slaughter pigs prompted a large-scale investigation in five slaughterhouses in The Netherlands. In total, 158,763 pigs from 2,899 groups underwent gross examination. At least one pig with caseous lesions in the submaxillary and/or mesenteric lymph nodes was observed in each of 154 of the 2,899 groups examined (5%). In total, 856 pigs...

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