| mycobacterium fortuitum from lesions of slaughtered pigs in ibadan, nigeria. | to ascertain the cause of tuberculous-like lesions in pigs slaughtered in a local abattoir in ibadan (south-western nigeria), a total of 516 pigs were inspected over a period of four months, 18 of which had gross lesions suggestive of tuberculosis at post-mortem. mycobacterial culture and molecular typing (genotype mycobacterium cm [common mycobacteria] assay) analysis were used to identify and confirm the mycobacteria species responsible for these lesions. results show that 2.3% (12/516) of the ... | 2010 | 21309469 |