Table 1 Bacteriology of investigated organs.

From: Experimental infection of cattle with Mycobacterium tuberculosis isolates shows the attenuation of the human tubercle bacillus for cattle

Strain

M. bovis AF2122/97

M. tuberculosis H37Rv

M. tuberculosis BTB1558

Animal ID

1217

1221

1222

1224

1201

1203

1213

1211

1202

1207

1209

1215

Head LN

0/8*

2/8

6/8

5/8

0/8

1/8

2/6

0/8

2/7

2/8

1/8

1/8

Resp LN

5/5

5/5

4/5

5/5

1/5

2/5

2/5

3/5

3/5

1/5

4/4

2/5

 Lung*

2/2

1/2

1/1

2/2

0/1

0/1

0/1

0/1

0/1

0/1

0/1

0/1

  1. LN = lymph nodes; see Materials and Methods for details of tissues examined.
  2. *Number of tissues sampled in each organ system per challenged animal that were confirmed as culture positive with the respective infecting strain; hence 0/8 in head lymph nodes means no positive cultures from 8 samples taken.
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