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Immunological and pathological responses of red deer resistant or susceptible genotypes, to experimental challenge with Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis.
Veterinary immunology and immunopathology - 15 Sept 2011
Mackintosh C G, Clark R G, Tolentino B, de Lisle G W, Liggett S, Griffin J F T
Abstract excerpt
This study aimed to monitor the clinical, immunological and pathological changes in red deer for 49 weeks after experimental oral challenge with Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis (MAP) and to assess the heritability of resistance in the offspring of two red stags. Eighteen young deer, which were bred from unselected hinds and sired by two stags resistant (R) or susceptible (S) to paratuberculosis, were...
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