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JOURNAL OF ANIMAL SCIENCE
Volume 87, Issue 13, Pages 10-25Publisher
OXFORD UNIV PRESS INC
DOI: 10.2527/jas.2008-1187
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cytokine; dairy cow; inflammation; innate immunity; mastitis
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Mastitis is a highly prevalent and costly disease of dairy cows that is commonly caused by intramammary bacterial infection. The innate immune response to bacterial penetration of the mammary gland is evoked within hours of infection, and the rapidity and magnitude of this response have been demonstrated to influence the resolution of this disease. Cytokines and other mediators of inflammation are known to play critical roles in the innate immune response to intramammary infection. The objectives of this review are to summarize the current understanding of the cytokine response to intramammary infection, highlight recent findings identifying differences in the cytokine response to various bacterial pathogens, and discuss future research directions that will increase our knowledge of the role of inflammatory mediators in predicting and governing the outcome of mastitis.
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