Acid-fast Stain: Bovine Ileum

This is a high power magnification photomicrograph of a Ziel-Neelsen acid-fast stained histopathology section of the bovine ileum. Use of special stains allows the mycobacteria (red rod-shaped bacteria) to be seen. M. paratuberculosis grows as clumps inside macrophages.

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