Mycobacterium avium

{
  "id": "MLC-T-AGR-004262",
  "term": "Mycobacterium avium",
  "field": "Agriculture and food",
  "definition": "A bacterium causing tuberculosis in domestic fowl and other birds. In pigs, it may cause localized and sometimes disseminated disease. The organism occurs occasionally in sheep and cattle. It should be distinguished from the M. avium complex, which infects primarily humans.",
  "subject": "Taxonomic Hierarchy",
  "see_also": [
    "Mycobacterium",
    "avian tuberculosis",
    "Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis",
    "Mycobacterium avium subsp. avium",
    "Mycobacterium avium subsp. silvaticum"
  ],
  "references": [
    "Medical Subject Headings",
    "NAL Agricultural Thesaurus and Glossary"
  ],
  "translations": {
    "es": "Mycobacterium avium"
  },
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/agriculture/mycobacterium-avium/"
}