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The effect of an intramammary infusion of endotoxin on experimentally induced mycoplasmal mastitis

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 May 2009

J. Brownlie ,
C. J. Howard  and
R. N. Gourlay
J. Brownlie
Affiliation:
ARC Institute for Research on Animal Diseases, Compton, Newbury, Berks.
C. J. Howard
Affiliation:
ARC Institute for Research on Animal Diseases, Compton, Newbury, Berks.
R. N. Gourlay
Affiliation:
ARC Institute for Research on Animal Diseases, Compton, Newbury, Berks.
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The infusion of 10 μg of endotoxin lipopolysaccharide from Escherichia coli into the mammary gland of four cows 16 h before inoculation with ureaplasmas did not prevent, or even diminish, the subsequent ureaplasmal mastitis. There was no reduction in the severity or duration of the inflammatory cell response in milk or in the clinical appearance of the resulting mastitis. Also, the excretion of ureaplasmas was not reduced.

A similar experiment with Mycoplasma dispar in two cows demonstrated that endotoxin was again ineffective in preventing the mastitis. Furthermore, there was some indication that the proliferation and excretion of this mycoplasma was enhanced in endotoxin-treated quarters.

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Research Article
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Journal of Hygiene , Volume 83 , Issue 3 , December 1979 , pp. 501 - 506
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1979

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