title: Avian tuberculosis in wild birds in the Netherlands.
abstract: 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.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000835:Animals, Wild / Q000382:microbiology*; D001717:Birds; D009426:Netherlands; D014379:Tuberculosis, Avian / Q000453:epidemiology*