Image Database: (Bovine) Tuberculosis

Additional Resources:
Bovine Tuberculosis Factsheet


View Larger Picture		 Photo #: TUB_001
Description:
Elk, lung & lymph node. The lung contains multiple coalescing foci of caseous necrosis surrounded by thin pale fibrous tissue capsules (tubercles). Most of the lymph node is replaced by caseonecrotic debris with a laminated appearance reminiscent of caseous lymphadenitis caused by Corynebacterium pseudotuberculosis.
Credit: Dr. G. Wobeser, Canadian Cooperative Wildlife Health Centre
   

View Larger Image		 Photo #: TUB_002
Description:
Bovine, lung. Lung parenchyma is almost entirely replaced by variably-sized, coalescing, raised pale nodules.
Credit: AFIP
   

View Larger Image		 Photo #: TUB_003
Description:
Pig, tracheobronchial lymph nodes. The center of the sectioned node is replaced by caseous, mineralized debris.
Credit: AFIP
   

View Larger Image		 Photo #: TUB_004
Description:
Bovine, uterus. The endometrium contains numerous raised tubercles.
Credit: AFIP
   

View Larger Image		 Photo #: TUB_005
Description:
Pig, liver. Pale, slightly raised granulomas are disseminated throughout all liver lobes.
Credit: AFIP
   

View Larger Image		 Photo #: TUB_006
Description:
Pig, lymph node. Pale, mineralized granulomas are scattered throughout these cervical lymph nodes.
Credit: AFIP

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These images were annotated by Dr. Steve Sorden and funding was provided by a USDA Higher Education Challenge Grant in collaboration with the Iowa State University Department of Veterinary Pathology, Center for Food Security and Public Health, Armed Forces Institute of Pathology, and Plum Island Animal Disease Center.