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Palmer MV. Emerging Understanding of Tuberculosis and the Granuloma by Comparative Analysis in Humans, Cattle, Zebrafish, and Nonhuman Primates. Vet Pathol 2018; 55:8-10. [PMID: 29254474 DOI: 10.1177/0300985817712795] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/24/2023]
Affiliation(s)
- Mitchell V Palmer
- 1 Infectious Bacterial Diseases of Livestock, National Animal Disease Center, United States Department of Agriculture, Ames, IA, USA
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Verma S, Thakur A, Katoch S, Shekhar C, Wani AH, Kumar S, Dohroo S, Singh G, Sharma M. Differences in innate and adaptive immune response traits of Pahari (Indian non-descript indigenous breed) and Jersey crossbred cattle. Vet Immunol Immunopathol 2017; 192:20-27. [PMID: 29042011 DOI: 10.1016/j.vetimm.2017.09.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/07/2016] [Revised: 09/11/2017] [Accepted: 09/15/2017] [Indexed: 01/24/2023]
Abstract
Cattle are an integral part of the largely agrarian economy of India. Indigenous breeds of cattle comprise about 80% of total cattle population of the country and contribute significantly to the overall milk production. There are 40 recognized indigenous breeds of cattle and a number of uncharacterized non-descript cattle. Pahari cattle of Himachal Pradesh in Northern India are one such non-descript indigenous breed. Here we describe a comprehensive evaluation of haematobiochemical parameters and innate and adaptive immune response traits of Pahari cattle and a comparison with Jersey crossbred cattle. The study shows demonstrable differences in the two breeds with respect to some innate and adaptive immunological traits. This is a first attempt to characterize immune response traits of Pahari cattle and the results of the study provide an understanding of breed differences in immune status of cattle which could be useful for their breeding and conservations programs.
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- Subhash Verma
- Department of Veterinary Microbiology, Dr. G. C. Negi College of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, CSK HPKV, Palampur,176062, Himachal Pradesh, India.
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- Department of Veterinary Microbiology, Dr. G. C. Negi College of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, CSK HPKV, Palampur,176062, Himachal Pradesh, India
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- Department of Veterinary Microbiology, Dr. G. C. Negi College of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, CSK HPKV, Palampur,176062, Himachal Pradesh, India
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- Department of Veterinary Microbiology, Dr. G. C. Negi College of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, CSK HPKV, Palampur,176062, Himachal Pradesh, India
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- Department of Veterinary Microbiology, Dr. G. C. Negi College of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, CSK HPKV, Palampur,176062, Himachal Pradesh, India
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- Department of Veterinary Microbiology, Dr. G. C. Negi College of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, CSK HPKV, Palampur,176062, Himachal Pradesh, India
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- Department of Veterinary Microbiology, Dr. G. C. Negi College of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, CSK HPKV, Palampur,176062, Himachal Pradesh, India
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- Department of Veterinary Physiology and Biochemistry, Dr. G. C. Negi College of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, CSK HPKV, Palampur,176062, Himachal Pradesh, India
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- Department of Veterinary Microbiology, Dr. G. C. Negi College of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, CSK HPKV, Palampur,176062, Himachal Pradesh, India
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Tasew G, Gadisa E, Abera A, Zewude A, Chanyalew M, Aseffa A, Abebe M, Ritter U, van Zandbergen G, Laskay T, Tafess K. In vitro permissiveness of bovine neutrophils and monocyte derived macrophages to Leishmania donovani of Ethiopian isolate. Parasit Vectors 2016; 9:218. [PMID: 27090082 PMCID: PMC4836163 DOI: 10.1186/s13071-016-1441-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/02/2015] [Accepted: 03/09/2016] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Epidemiological studies in Ethiopia have documented that the risk of visceral leishmaniasis (VL, Kala-azar) is higher among people living with domestic animals. The recent report on isolation of Leishmania donovani complex DNA and the detected high prevalence of anti-leishmanial antibodies in the blood of domestic animals further strengthen the potential role of domestic animals in the epidemiology of VL in Ethiopia. In mammalian hosts polymorphonuclear cells (PMN) and macrophages are the key immune cells influencing susceptibility or control of Leishmania infection. Thus to substantiate the possible role of cattle in VL transmission we investigate the permissiveness of bovine PMN and monocyte derived macrophages (MDM) for Leishmania (L.) donovani infection. METHODS Whole blood was collected from pure Zebu (Boss indicus) and their cross with Holstein Friesian cattle. L. donovani (MHOM/ET/67/HU3) wild and episomal green fluorescent protein (eGFP) labelled stationary stage promastigotes were co-incubated with whole blood and MDM to determine infection of these cells. Engulfment of promastigotes by the cells and their transformation to amastigote forms in MDM was studied with direct microscopy. Microscopy and flow cytometry were used to measure the infection rate while PCR-RLFP was used to confirm the infecting parasite. RESULTS L. donovani infected bovine whole blood PMN in the presence of plasma factors and all cellular elements. Morphological examinations of stained cytospin smears revealed that PMN engulfed promastigotes. Similarly, we were able to show that bovine MDM can be infected by L. donovani, which transformed to amastigote forms in the cells. CONCLUSIONS The in vitro infection of bovine PMN and MDM by L. donovani further strengthens the possibility that cattle might serve as source of L. donovani infection for humans.
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- Geremew Tasew
- />Ethiopia Public Health Institute, Leishmaniasis Research Laboratory, P.O. Box 1242, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
- />Armauer Hansen Research Institute, Leishmaniasis Research Laboratory, P.O. Box 1005, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
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- />Armauer Hansen Research Institute, Leishmaniasis Research Laboratory, P.O. Box 1005, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
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- />Armauer Hansen Research Institute, Leishmaniasis Research Laboratory, P.O. Box 1005, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
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- />Armauer Hansen Research Institute, Leishmaniasis Research Laboratory, P.O. Box 1005, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
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- />Armauer Hansen Research Institute, Leishmaniasis Research Laboratory, P.O. Box 1005, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
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- />Armauer Hansen Research Institute, Leishmaniasis Research Laboratory, P.O. Box 1005, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
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- />Armauer Hansen Research Institute, Leishmaniasis Research Laboratory, P.O. Box 1005, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
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- />Department of Immunology, University of Regensburg, Franz-Josef-Strauß-Allee 11, D-93042 Regensburg, Germany
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- />Paul-Ehrlich-Institute, Federal Institute for Vaccines and Biomedicines, Langen, Germany
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- />Institute for Medical Microbiology and Hygiene, University of Lübeck, Ratzeburger Allee 160, D-23560 Lübeck, Germany
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- />Department of Medical Laboratory Science, College of Health Sciences, Arsi University, P.O. Box 193, Asella, Ethiopia
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