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Bovine mammary immune response to an experimental intramammary infection with a Staphylococcus aureus strain containing a gene for staphylococcal enterotoxin C1.
Journal of dairy science - 1 Sept 2001
Ebling T L, Fox L K, Bayles K W, Bohach G A, Byrne K M, Davis W C, Ferens W A, Hillers J K
Abstract excerpt
Staphylococcal enterotoxin C (SEC), a superantigen, is the most frequently expressed enterotoxin by bovine strains of Staphylococcus aureus causing mastitis. To examine the possible impact of SEC on the immune response of the bovine mammary gland, we monitored changes in lymphocyte subpopulations in mammary glands of four lactating cows after intramammary instillation of S. aureus strain Rn4220 transformed with a...
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