title: Lesions of tuberculosis in mountain whitefish (Prosopium williamsoni).
abstract: Lesions of tuberculosis in mountain whitefish (Prosopium williamsoni) were present in all visceral organs. The tubercles were composed of large rounded macrophages which contained numerous intracytoplasmic acid-fast bacilli. The lesions were not encapsulated and mineralization was not observed.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D005393:Fish Diseases / Q000473:pathology*; D007668:Kidney / Q000473:pathology; D008099:Liver / Q000473:pathology; D009164:Mycobacterium Infections / Q000473:pathology / Q000662:veterinary*