Article
Plasma leakage in skin of sheep selected for resistance or susceptibility to fleece rot and fly strike.
Parasite immunology - 1 Nov 1992
Colditz I G, Woolaston R R, Lax J, Mortimer S I
Abstract excerpt
The leakage of plasma into skin following injection of histamine, bradykinin, activated complement, platelet-activating factor and serotonin was measured in sheep bred for resistance or susceptibility to fleece rot and fly strike. Genetically susceptible sheep had significantly greater plasma leakage to activated complement than genetically resistant sheep, and for all mediators there was a trend for plasma...
Topics
- Animals
- Capillary Permeability
- Disease Susceptibility
- Female
- Genetic Predisposition to Disease
- Hair Diseases
- Immunity, Innate
- Male
- Myiasis
- Phenotype
- Plasma
- Sheep