Control of Mycobacterium bovisinfection in two sika deer herds in Ireland

Table 3 Post-mortem, histology and culture results of Herd A animals culled (60 animals) or found dead (11) during 1996 to 2006

Year	Animals culled or found dead^a		No confirmed positive
	Total	No. with visible lesion at post-mortem^b	Histology	Culture
1996	2
1997	3
1998	1
1999	4	1	1	1
2000	8
2001	8
2002	8	2	2	2
2003	16
2004	5
2005	14	1	1	0
2006	2	1	1	1
Total	71	5	5	4

a: The culls and dead deer were mainly older females Includes single deer diagnosed with TB pneumonia in early 2002 that led to the testing of the herd.
b: Of the 66 NVL (no visible lesion on gross examination) deer, samples from 18 were cultured. All were negative.

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