Mycobacterium avium serotype 1 infection in a sandhill crane (Grus canadensis).
Tuberculous lesions were observed in the liver of an adult sandhill crane (Grus canadensis); Mycobacterium avium serotype 1 was isolated. Chickens inoculated intravenously with the culture had granulomas in the liver and spleen at necropsy 62 days after inoculation.
D000818:Animals; D001717:Birds; D002645:Chickens; D008099:Liver / Q000473:pathology; D009161:Mycobacterium / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D009162:Mycobacterium avium / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D013154:Spleen / Q000473:pathology; D014379:Tuberculosis, Avian / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000473:pathology