Diagnosis and Molecular Characterization of Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis from Dairy Cows in Colombia

Table 5

Isolates of Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis recovered in a dairy herd.

Isolate number	Source	Isolated from	Molecular genotype
			MLSSR-Type^a	MIRU-VNTR-Type^b
(1)	Cow 1	Feces	A	1
(2)	Cow 2	Feces	A	1
(3)	Cow 3	Feces	A	1
(4)	Cow 3	Mesenteric lymph node	B	2
(5)	Cow 3	Colon tissue	A	1
(6)	Cow 4	Feces	A	1
(7)	Slurry pit	Slurry	A	1
(8)	Slurry pit	Slurry	B	2

^a MLSSR-genotype A: 7g-10 g-4ggt-5tgc and MLSSR-genotype B: 7g-10g-5ggt-4tgc.
^b MIRU-VNTR genotype 1: 3951-42332228-2 (INMV 1) and MIRU-VNTR genotype 2: 3751-32332228-2 (INMV 2).