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- Title
Differences within Churra breed sheep in the early immune response to the infection by Teladorsagia circumcincta.
- Authors
Castilla-Gómez de Agüero, Verónica; González, Jorge F.; Hernández, Julia N.; Valderas-García, Elora; Rojo Vázquez, Francisco A.; Arranz, Juan José; Gutiérrez-Gil, Beatriz; Martínez-Valladares, María
- Abstract
This study describes early immunological mechanisms that underlie resistance to Teladorsagia circumcincta infection in adult Churra sheep. After a first experimental infection, 6 animals were classified as resistant (RG) and 6 as susceptible (SG) to T. circumcincta infection based on their cumulative faecal egg count (cFEC) at the end of the infection. RG showed higher IgA levels against somatic antigen of T. circumcincta fourth-larvae stage (L4) in serum at day 3 post-infection (pi) (p < 0.05) and close to significance at day 21 pi (p = 0.06). Moreover, a strong negative correlation between cFEC and specific IgA was only significant in RG at day 3 pi (r = − 0.870; p < 0.05), but absent in SG. At the end of this infection, sheep were treated with moxidectin and infected again 3 weeks later to be slaughtered at day 7 pi. At necropsy, the specific IgA levels in gastric mucosa were similar between groups; the absence differences at day 7 pi could be due to a previous increase in the IgA response, probably around day 3 pi, as described during the first infection. L4 burden, 68% lower in RG than in SG, was influenced by the specific IgA in gastric mucus and the number of γδ T cells. RG group showed a positive correlation between γδ T cells and eosinophils (r = 0.900; p = 0.037); however, this correlation was not found in SG. These results show that these two phenotypes show different early immune response pattern to T. circumcincta infection in Churra sheep.
- Subjects
SHEEP breeds; IMMUNE response; SHEEP breeding; T cells; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; INFECTION
- Publication
Parasitology Research, 2021, Vol 120, Issue 3, p1115
- ISSN
0932-0113
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s00436-020-06953-4