On deaf ears, Mycobacterium avium paratuberculosis in pathogenesis Crohn’s and other diseases

Figure 1 Early stages of infection in experimentally infected calves for up to 18 mo post infection. Pictures showing the cannula used in the studies (A and B); Endoscopic field showing the condition of ileal mucosa 8 mo following infection with Map (C); Endoscopic field taken before necropsy of a naturally infected animal showing the characteristic swelling and corrugation of the ileal mucosa that occurs at the clinical stage of infection (D). Modified from[35,38]. Map: Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis.