The innate immune response of the bovine mammary gland to bacterial infection

Veterinary Journal

Volumn 192, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 148-152

  Wellnitz, Olga ^a   Bruckmaier, Rupert M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Bovine; Escherichia coli; Immune response; Mastitis; Staphylococcus aureus

Indexed keywords

INTERLEUKIN 1BETA; INTERLEUKIN 6; INTERLEUKIN 8; RANTES; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

BACTERIAL IMMUNITY; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BOVINE MASTITIS; COW; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DISEASE SEVERITY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTION; IMMUNOSTIMULATION; INNATE IMMUNITY; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVIEW; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION; STREPTOCOCCUS UBERIS; UDDER;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; CATTLE; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; FEMALE; IMMUNITY, INNATE; MAMMARY GLANDS, ANIMAL; MASTITIS, BOVINE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BOS; BOVINAE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 84860449318     PISSN: 10900233     EISSN: 15322971     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tvjl.2011.09.013     Document Type: Review

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