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Immunity in foot-rot infection

Authors: Cooper BS, Ingram BR, Moriarty KM
Publication: New Zealand Veterinary Journal, Volume 24, Issue 1-2, pp 9-10, Jan 1967
Publisher: Taylor and Francis

Animal type: Livestock, Production animal, Ruminant, Sheep
Subject Terms: Bacterial, Hoof/claw, Disease/defect, Infectious disease, Limb - lower, Immune system/immunology, Locomotor
Article class: Scientific Article

Abstract: Limited preliminary observations (Cooper, 1972) suggested that cell-mediated immunity (CMI) might be involved in the respoase of sheep to Fusiformis nodosus infection. To explore this possibility, lymphocytes from experimentally infected animals showing severe foot-rot. lesions were tested for their ability to undergo transformation in vitro in response to F. nodosus antigens.

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