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Cytokine responses of Holstein and Sahiwal zebu derived monocytes after mycobacterial infection.
Tropical animal health and production - 1 Mar 2012
Vordermeier Martin, Ameni Gobena, Glass Elizabeth J
Abstract excerpt
Recently, we found that Holstein cattle (Bos taurus taurus) displayed higher skin test prevalence and disease severity compared to zebu (Bos taurus indicus) herd-mates kept under identical husbandry conditions in Ethiopia. To determine whether these susceptibility differences were patent at the level of the innate immune system, we infected monocytes from naïve Holstein or Sahiwal zebu cattle with either live...
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