Stress enhanced reduction in peripheral blood lymphocyte numbers in dairy cows during endotoxin-induced mastitis

Veterinary Immunology and Immunopathology

Volumn 66, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 83-97

  Hopster, Hans ^a   Van Der Werf, Joop T N ^a   Blokhuis, Harry J ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cortisol; Dairy cows; Individual differences; Lymphocytes; Mastiris; Stress

Indexed keywords

ENDOTOXIN; HYDROCORTISONE; MILK PROTEIN; ZINC;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COW; FEMALE; HEART RATE; LACTATION; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; MASTITIS; MENTAL STRESS; MILK; NONHUMAN; PERIPHERAL LYMPHOCYTE; RECTUM TEMPERATURE; SOCIAL ISOLATION; SOMATIC CELL; VOCALIZATION;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BODY TEMPERATURE; CATTLE; ENDOTOXINS; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HOUSING, ANIMAL; HYDROCORTISONE; INCIDENCE; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; MASTITIS, BOVINE; MILK; SOCIAL ISOLATION; STRESS; ZINC;

EID: 0032491463     PISSN: 01652427     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-2427(98)00189-5     Document Type: Article

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