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Volume 26, Number 7—July 2020
Research Letter

Lesions of Mycobacterium avium spp. hominissuis Infection Resembling M. bovis Lesions in a Wild Mule Deer, Canada1

Kirsten M.F. Frayne, Brock R. Chappell, Jennifer L. Davies, Bryan J. Macbeth, Musangu Ngeleka, and Jamie L. RothenburgerComments to Author 
Author affiliations: University of Calgary Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Calgary, Alberta, Canada (K.M.F. Frayne, B.R. Chappell, J.L. Davies, J.L. Rothenburger); Banff National Park, Parks Canada Agency, Banff, Alberta, Canada (B.J. Macbeth); Prairie Diagnostic Services, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada (M. Ngeleka); Canadian Wildlife Health Cooperative Alberta Region, Calgary (J.L. Rothenburger)

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Lung and tracheobronchial lymph nodes from a wild mule deer (Odocoileus hemionus) infected with Mycobacterium avium spp. hominissuis, Banff National Park, Alberta, Canada. A) Mineralized granulomas in the right caudal lung lobe (arrows). B) Pyogranulomatous lymphadenitis of a tracheobronchial lymph node. The lesions resemble those caused by infection with M. bovis.

Figure. Lung and tracheobronchial lymph nodes from a wild mule deer (Odocoileus hemionus) infected with Mycobacterium avium spp. hominissuis, Banff National Park, Alberta, Canada. A) Mineralized granulomas in the right caudal lung lobe (arrows). B) Pyogranulomatous lymphadenitis of a tracheobronchial lymph node. The lesions resemble those caused by infection with M. bovis.

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1Preliminary results from this study were presented at the American College of Veterinary Pathologists Annual Meeting. November 9-13, 2019, San Antonio, Texas, USA

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