Assessment of acquired immune response to Rhipicephalus appendiculatus tick infestation in different goat breeds

Onderstepoort Journal of Veterinary Research

 
 
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Title Assessment of acquired immune response to Rhipicephalus appendiculatus tick infestation in different goat breeds
 
Creator Gopalraj, Jeyanthi B.P. Clarke, Francoise C. Donkin, Edward F.
 
Subject Zoology; Physiology; Immunology Ticks; Rhipicephalus appendiculatus; tick infestation; immune response; Saanen goats; South African Indigenous goats; crossbred goats
Description Changes in serum gamma globulin levels, numbers of replete female ticks and engorged tick mass were used as parameters to monitor the acquired immune response (antibody mediated immune response) elicited by Rhipicephalus appendiculatus adult tick infestations. Three consecutive Rhipicephalus appendiculatus adult tick infestations were applied to South African Indigenous goats (Nguni), Saanen goats and cross-bred goats (Saanen goats crossed with South African Indigenous goats [Nguni]) under laboratory conditions. During the three consecutive Rhipicephalus appendiculatus adult tick infestations the serum gamma globulin levels increased in all three breeds, whilst the mean replete female tick numbers and engorged tick mass decreased. Even though all three goat breeds exhibited an acquired immune response, the South African Indigenous goats (Nguni) response was significantly higher than that of the Saanen and cross-bred goats. However, the acquired immune response elicited by Saanen goats was significantly lower when compared with cross-bred goats.
 
Publisher AOSIS
 
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Date 2013-09-02
 
Type info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion Peer-reviewed Article Investigation; Assessment
Format text/html application/octet-stream text/xml application/pdf
Identifier 10.4102/ojvr.v80i1.614
 
Source Onderstepoort Journal of Veterinary Research; Vol 80, No 1 (2013); 5 pages 2219-0635 0030-2465
 
Language eng
 
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Coverage South Africa; Gauteng; Pretoria; MEDUNSA Experimental farm 21st Century; year 2000; March-April Sixteen month-old; Male and female; Goats
Rights Copyright (c) 2013 Jeyanthi B.P. Gopalraj, Francoise C. Clarke, Edward F. Donkin https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/4.0
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