[Detection of Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis from the testicles of a clinically infected breeding animal].

During a post mortem of a six year old simmental bull with severe paratuberculosis infection the testicles were further examined by pathological, histological and microbiological methods. No gross or histological lesions could be observed. Single acid fast organisms were detected in smears taken from sterile testicle tissue.

Occurrence of Salmonella enterica serovar Dublin in Austria.

In Austria, Salmonella enterica serovar Dublin, a bovine-adapted serovar, rarely causes human infections. In the year 2000, Austria was within the European mean with an incidence of 0.1 per million inhabitants.