Effect of immune modulators and lactation number on in vitro proliferation of lymphocytes from nonpregnant dairy heifers and cows

Meese, Susanne; Gimsa, Ulrike; Röntgen, Monika; Weitzel, Joachim M.; Tuchscherer, Armin; Miersch, Claudia; Vernunft, Andreas; Viergutz, Torsten; Kreuzer, Michael; Schwarm, Angela

doi:10.1139/cjas-2017-0143

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Effect of immune modulators and lactation number on in vitro proliferation of lymphocytes from nonpregnant dairy heifers and cows

Meese, Susanne ETH Zurich, Institute of Agricultural Sciences, Zurich 8092, Switzerland.
Gimsa, Ulrike Institute of Behavioural Physiology, Leibniz Institute for Farm Animal Biology (FBN), Dummerstorf 18196, Germany.
Röntgen, Monika Institute of Muscle Biology and Growth, Leibniz Institute for Farm Animal Biology (FBN), Dummerstorf 18196, Germany.
Weitzel, Joachim M. Institute of Reproductive Biology, Leibniz Institute for Farm Animal Biology (FBN), Dummerstorf 18196, Germany.
Tuchscherer, Armin Institute of Genetics and Biometry, Leibniz Institute for Farm Animal Biology (FBN), Dummerstorf 18196, Germany.
Miersch, Claudia Institute of Muscle Biology and Growth, Leibniz Institute for Farm Animal Biology (FBN), Dummerstorf 18196, Germany.
Vernunft, Andreas Institute of Reproductive Biology, Leibniz Institute for Farm Animal Biology (FBN), Dummerstorf 18196, Germany.
Viergutz, Torsten Institute of Reproductive Biology, Leibniz Institute for Farm Animal Biology (FBN), Dummerstorf 18196, Germany.
Kreuzer, Michael ETH Zurich, Institute of Agricultural Sciences, Zurich 8092, Switzerland.
Schwarm, Angela ETH Zurich, Institute of Agricultural Sciences, Zurich 8092, Switzerland.

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Canadian Journal of Animal Science. - Canadian Science Publishing. - 2018, vol. 98, no. 4, p. 898-901

English The proliferation of blood lymphocytes from nonpregnant, nonlactating heifers was comparable with that of nonpregnant cows in their first lactation. Both low and high levels of β-hydroxybutyrate and low levels of prolactin, but not isoproterenol, reduced the proliferative response of dairy heifers and cows in their first or second lactation.

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