Isolation and Molecular Identification of Mycobacterium bovis from Slaughtered Cattle in Nekemte Municipality Abattoir, Ethiopia

Table 3

The anatomical distribution of gross tuberculosis lesions in different organs and tissues.

Variables	Categories	Lymph node/organ	Number of examined cattle	Positive cattle for TB gross lesion	(%)
Anatomic site	Head	Retropharyngeal	1020	8	0.78
	Thorax	Bronchial LN	1020	17	1.7
		Mediastinal LN	1020	38	3.7
		Lung	1020	5	0.5
	Abdomen	Mesenteric LN	1020	10	1.0
Total suspected tuberculosis lesion			1020	80	7.8