Avian tuberculosis in wild birds in the Netherlands.
Mycobacterium avium was isolated from 82 of 11,664 birds submitted for necropsy in The Netherlands. All isolated M. avium strains belonged to serotype 1, 2 or 3. The greatest number M. avium were from buzzards and falcons. The prevalence of tuberculosis in gulls is extremely low.
D000818:Animals; D000835:Animals, Wild / Q000382:microbiology*; D001717:Birds; D009426:Netherlands; D014379:Tuberculosis, Avian / Q000453:epidemiology*