Lesion Distribution and Epidemiology of Mycobacterium bovis in Elk and White-Tailed Deer in South-Western Manitoba, Canada

Table 3

Site of gross visible lesions (GVL) in M. bovis positive elk and white-tailed deer from south-western Manitoba.

		Medial retropharyngeal lymph node	Parotid lymph node	Mandibular lymph node	Palatine tonsil	Lateral retropharyngeal lymph node	Lungs^a	Body lymph nodes^b	Abdominal lymph nodes^c	No visible lesions
	GVL	12	9	2	19	2	20	10	7	0
Elk	Total tested	41	41	41	41	41	40	36	36	41
	Proportion	29.3	22.0	4.9	46.3	4.9	50.0	27.8	19.4	0.0
	GVL	8	1	0	0	0	2	1	2	0
WTD	Total tested	11	11	11	11	11	10	5	5	11
	Proportion	72.7	9.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	20.0	20.0	40.0	0.0

^aIncludes tracheobronchial and mediastinal lymphoid tissues.
^bIncludes prescapular, prefemoral, supramammary/testicular, and popliteal lymph nodes.
^cIncludes mesenteric, hepatic, portal, and internal iliac lymph nodes.