[Mycobacterium avium complex in water buffaloes slaughtered for consumption].
Two mycobacterium strains isolated from lung tissue a apical lymph nodes of slaughtered water buffaloes were biochemically analyzed and identified as Mycobacterium avium complex strains. Association between these microorganisms and the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome, and the potential risk posed by eating infected animals and their products, was discussed.
Freitas
J
J
Faculdade de Ciências Agrárias do Para, Belém, PA, Brasil. jaf@interconect.com.br
Panetta
J C
JC
Curcio
M
M
Ueki
S Y
SY
D000818:Animals; D002020:Buffaloes; D005516:Food Microbiology; D008460:Meat / Q000382:microbiology*; D015269:Mycobacterium avium Complex / Q000302:isolation & purification*
Isolemento de cepas de Mycobacterium avium em búfalos abatidos para consumo.