Abstract
The prevalences of Rhodococcus (Corynebacterium) equi and mycobacteria in the submaxillary and mesenteric lymph nodes of apparently healthy pigs were studied. R. equi and atypical mycobacteria were isolated from 11 (7.4%) and 7 (4.7%), respectively, of 148 submaxillary lymph nodes, and 0 (0%) and 17 (18.9%), respectively, of 90 mesenteric lymph nodes. R. equi was isolated from 3(2.0%) pigs with atypical mycobacteria, and from 8 (5.4%) pigs without atypical mycobacteria. Atypical mycobacteria was isolated from 4 (2.4%) pigs without R. equi. It seems likely, that lymph nodes of pigs are a suitable environment for R. equi and atypical mycobacteria to harbour.
