| avian tuberculosis in pigs: mycobacterium intracellulare infection in a breeding herd. | lymphadenitis of pigs caused by mycobacterium intracellulare is widely recognised in continental europe but this is the first report of it in england. no disease was seen on the farm but condemnations of tissues and organs at the slaughterhouse were often than 100 a week and in one week were in excess of 200. the loss was greater to the slaughterhouse than to the farmer because of the constant disruption to the production line. there was no evidence that diseased pigs performed less well than he ... | 1984 | 6740882 |