title: Mycobacterium avium infection in freeliving hedgehogs (Erinaceus europaeus L).
abstract: Mesenteric lymph nodes were examined from five hedgehogs captured on the Berkshire Downs. The single culture obtained was identified as Mycobacterium avium type 2.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D006364:Hedgehogs; D008198:Lymph Nodes / Q000382:microbiology; D009162:Mycobacterium avium / Q000302:isolation & purification; D014376:Tuberculosis / Q000382:microbiology / Q000662:veterinary*