Article
Cellular inflammatory responses in skin of sheep selected for resistance or susceptibility to fleece rot and fly strike.
Parasite immunology - 1 Jun 1994
Colditz I G, Lax J, Mortimer S I, Clarke R A, Beh K J
Abstract excerpt
Leucocyte populations were examined in normal and inflamed skin of sheep bred for resistance (R) or susceptibility (S) to bacterial fleece rot and the common sequela, body strike caused by the dipteran parasite Lucilia cuprina. No differences between R and S lines were found in numbers of neutrop...
Topics
- Animals
- Chemotaxis, Leukocyte
- Dermatitis
- Disease Susceptibility
- Female
- Genetic Predisposition to Disease
- Immunity, Innate
- Immunoglobulin E
- Leukocyte Count
- Male
- Myiasis
- Sheep
