/ EPIDEMIOLOGY OF INFECTIONS WITH SEROTYPES OF MYCOBACTERIUM AVIUM COMPLEX IN SWINE 

 AND OTHER SPECIES. Thoen, C. 0., Karlson, A. C, and Ranney, A. F. Proc. of the 76th Ann. Mtg. of the 

 USAHA, 1972, pp. 423-436. (Abstract of Published Report) 



Mycobacterium avium and closely related mycobacteria have been isolated from many species of animals and 

 from man. These closely related acid-fast bacilli, referred to as M. avium complex bacteria, have a wider range of 

 hosts than any other mycobacteria. A system for designating serotypes of M. avium complex bacteria is described 

 and information is presented on the occurrence of infections with the different serotypes of M. avium complex in 

 swine, chickens, cattle and man. A review is made of what is known and what is unknown about these mycobacterial 

 infections in swine and other species. 



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