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Background  Bovine tuberculosis (bTB), caused by  Mycobacterium bovis , remains a significant problem for livestock industries in many countries worldwide including Northern Ireland, where a test and slaughter regime has utilised the Single Intradermal Comparative Cervical Tuberculin (SICCT) test since 1959.  We investigated the variation in post-mortem confirmation based on bTB visible lesion (VL) presence during herd breakdowns using two model suites. We investigated animal-level characteristics, while controlling for herd-level factors and clustering. We were interested in potential impacts of concurrent infection, and therefore we assessed whether animals with evidence of liver fluke infection ( Fasciola hepatica ; post-mortem inspection),  M. avium  reactors (animals with negative  M. bovis-avium  ( b-a ) tuberculin reactions) or Bovine Viral Diarrhoea Virus (BVDV; RT-PCR tested) were associated with bTB confirmation.    Results  The dataset included 6242 animals removed during the 14 month study period (2013–2015). bTB-VL presence was significantly increased in animals with greater  b-a  reaction size at the disclosing SICCT test (e.g.  b-a  = 5-9 mm vs.  b-a =  0 mm, adjusted Odds ratio (aOR): 14.57;  p  < 0.001).  M. avium  reactor animals ( b-a  < 0) were also significantly more likely to disclose VL than non-reactor animals ( b-a =  0; aOR: 2.29;  p  = 0.023). Animals had a greater probability of exhibiting lesions with the increasing number of herds it had resided within (movement; log-herds: aOR: 2.27–2.42;  p  < 0.001), if it had an inconclusive penultimate test result (aOR: 2.84–3.89;  p  < 0.001), and with increasing time between tests (log-time; aOR: 1.23;  p  = 0.003). Animals were less likely to have VL if they were a dairy breed (aOR: 0.79;  p  = 0.015) or in an older age-class (e.g. age-quartile 2 vs. 4; aOR: 0.65;  p  < 0.001). Liver fluke or BVDV variables were not retained in either multivariable model as they were non-significantly associated with bTB-VL status ( p  > 0.1).    Conclusions  Our results suggest that neither co-infection of liver fluke nor BVDV had a significant effect on the presence of VLs in this high-risk cohort.  M. avium  tuberculin reactors had a significantly increased risk of disclosing with a bTB lesion, which could be related to the impact of co-infection with  M. avium  subsp.  paratuberculosis  (MAP) affecting the performance of the SICCT however further research in this area is required. Movements, test history, breed and age were important factors influencing confirmation in high-risk animals.    Electronic supplementary material  The online version of this article (10.1186/s12917-017-1321-z) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.

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Bovine tuberculosis visible lesions in cattle culled during herd breakdowns: the effects of individual characteristics, trade movement and co-infection