title: Mycobacteria isolated from exotic animals.
abstract: Mycobacteria were isolated from 263 of 474 specimens submitted from captive exotic (nondomesticated) animals over a 5-year period. Mycobacterium avium was isolated from 128 animals originating in 13 states and the District of Columbia; serotype 1 accounted for 65 of the isolations. Mycobacterium bovi was isolated from 74 animals in 7 zoos, 7 game parks, and 4 primate colonies in 1, states: Mycobacterium tuberculosis was isolated from 29 animals originating 9 stats; and Mycobacterium fortuitum, Mycobacterium chelonei, Mycobacterium scrofulaceum, and Mycobacterium spp. The widespread occurrence of tuberculosis in exotic animals maintained in captivity emphasizes the public health importance of these infections.
mesh_terms: D000828:Animal Population Groups / Q000382:microbiology*; D000818:Animals; D001717:Birds / Q000382:microbiology; D002020:Buffaloes / Q000382:microbiology; D002161:Camelids, New World / Q000382:microbiology; D002162:Camelus / Q000382:microbiology; D003670:Deer / Q000382:microbiology; D004606:Elephants / Q000382:microbiology; D000882:Haplorhini / Q000382:microbiology; D007614:Macropodidae / Q000382:microbiology; D009161:Mycobacterium / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D009162:Mycobacterium avium / Q000302:isolation & purification; D009163:Mycobacterium bovis / Q000302:isolation & purification; D009169:Mycobacterium tuberculosis / Q000302:isolation & purification; D009893:Opossums / Q000382:microbiology; D010215:Papio / Q000382:microbiology; D012756:Sheep / Q000382:microbiology; D014376:Tuberculosis / Q000382:microbiology / Q000662:veterinary; D014426:Turtles / Q000382:microbiology