Volume 21, Number 3—March 2015
Dispatch
Red Deer as Maintenance Host for Bovine Tuberculosis, Alpine Region
Table 2
Mycobacterium caprae–positive red deer (Cervus elaphus) and occurrence of macroscopically visible lesions in selected lymph nodes and other tissues, Alpine region, 2009–10, 2010–11, and 2011–12 hunting seasons*
No. animals, N = 59 | Lymph node† |
Other tissue‡ | |||
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Retropharyngeal | Mediastinal | Tracheobronchial | Mesenteric | ||
29 | + | NLD | NLD | NLD | NLD |
5 | NLD | NLD | NLD | + | NLD |
4 | NLD | NLD | NLD | NLD | NLD |
3 | + | NLD | NLD | + | NLD |
2 | NLD | NLD | + | NLD | Lung |
1 | + | NLD | + | NLD | Lung |
1 | + | NLD | NLD | + | Tonsil |
1 | NLD | NLD | NLD | NLD | Parotid lymph node |
2 | + | + | + | NLD | NLD |
2 | NLD | NLD | + | + | NLD |
1 | + | + | + | + | NLD |
1 | NLD | + | + | + | NLD |
1 | + | NLD | + | + | NLD |
1 | + | + | NLD | + | NLD |
1 | NLD | + | NLD | + | NLD |
1 | + | NLD | + | NLD | NLD |
1 | + | + | NLD | NLD | NLD |
1 | NLD | NLD | + | NLD | NLD |
1 | NLD | + | NLD | NLD | NLD |
*NLD, no lesions detected; +, macroscopically visible lesions.
†No. animals with positive findings: retropharyngeal, 41 deer; mediastinal, 8 deer; tracheobronchial, 12 deer; mesenteric, 16 deer.
‡No. animals with positive findings: 5 deer.