Article
Variation in skin inflammatory responses between sheep bred for resistance or susceptibility to fleece rot and blowfly strike.
Research in veterinary science - 1 Mar 1992
O'Meara T J, Nesa M, Raadsma H W, Saville D G, Sandeman R M
Abstract excerpt
Sheep which have been bred for resistance (R) or susceptibility (S) to fleece rot and blowfly strike, were tested for intradermal inflammatory responses to excretory and secretory products of Lucilia cuprina larvae. R rams and lambs gave significantly larger skin weals than S animals. In addition, R and S rams were infected with L cuprina first instar larvae and wound exudates were collected. In the first 12...
Topics
- Animals
- Breeding
- Diptera
- Genetic Predisposition to Disease
- Immunity, Innate
- Intradermal Tests
- Larva
- Male
- Myiasis
- Sheep
- Sheep Diseases