Acid-fast <i >Mycobacterium</i> bacilli, intestinal lamina propria, poultry

Acid-fast Mycobacterium bacilli, intestinal lamina propria, poultry

Photomicrograph of intestinal lamina propria in poultry with tuberculosis, showing massive numbers of acid-fast bacilli(Mycobacterium sp, stained pink) within a granuloma. Acid-fast stain.

Courtesy of Dr. Richard M. Fulton.