Bovine mastitis: Frontiers in immunogenetics

Frontiers in Immunology

Volumn 5, Issue OCT, 2014, Pages

  Thompson Crispi, Kathleen ^a,b   Atalla, Heba ^a,b   Miglior, Filippo ^b,c   Mallard, Bonnie A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^c CANADIAN DAIRY NETWORK   (Canada)

Author keywords

Disease resistance; Genetic selection; Genomics; Immune response; Mastitis

Indexed keywords

CHEMOKINE RECEPTOR CXCR1; INTERLEUKIN 8; MONOCYTE CHEMOTACTIC PROTEIN 1; TOLL LIKE RECEPTOR; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ADAPTIVE IMMUNITY; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ANTIGEN PRESENTATION; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BOVINE MASTITIS; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; DAIRY INDUSTRY; DISEASE RESISTANCE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENETIC REGULATION; GENETIC SELECTION; GENOMICS; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNE SYSTEM; IMMUNITY; IMMUNOGENETICS; INFLAMMATION; INNATE IMMUNITY; LONGEVITY; MAMMARY GLAND; MILK PRODUCTION; NONHUMAN; REVIEW; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 84918841934     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16643224     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fimmu.2014.00493     Document Type: Review

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