Immunosuppression in Cows following Intramammary Infusion of Mycoplasma bovis.

ABSTRACT: Mycoplasma bovis is a destructive pathogen that causes large economic losses in rearing cattle for beef and dairy worldwide. M. bovis causes suppression of and evades the host immune response; however, the mechanisms of host immune function involved in M. bovis mastitis have not been elucidated. The purpose of this study was to elucidate the characteristics of the bovine immune response to mycoplasmal mastitis. We evaluated the responsiveness of the bovine mammary gland following infusion of M. bovis Somatic cell counts and bacterial counts in milk from the infected quarter were increased. However, the proliferation of peripheral blood mononuclear cells (blood MNCs) and mononuclear cells isolated from M. bovis-stimulated mammary lymph nodes (lymph node MN

SUBMITTER: Gondaira S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7035927 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature