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  • Title: Lesions in cattle exposed to Mycobacterium bovis-inoculated calves.
    Author: Cassidy JP, Bryson DG, Pollock JM, Evans RT, Forster F, Neill SD.
    Journal: J Comp Pathol; 1999 Nov; 121(4):321-37. PubMed ID: 10542122.
    Abstract:
    Nine calves were housed for periods ranging from 24 to 117 days in close contact with cattle inoculated intranasally with Mycobacterium bovis. These "in-contact" calves were examined immunologically and bacteriologically during the period of exposure, and pathologically and immunocytochemically post mortem. Three became infected by day 14, as indicated by the detection of M. bovis in nasal mucus. In-vitro interferon-gamma production and lymphocyte proliferation were detected after stimulation of peripheral blood with M. bovis antigens in the majority of in-contact animals by day 28; this provided support for the role of immunological mechanisms in pathogenesis. Tuberculous lesions were found in the submandibular and bronchomediastinal lymph nodes and in the lungs of the in-contact calves; in distribution and appearance the lesions resembled those observed in naturally occurring disease. The distribution of M. bovis antigen and the numbers of mycobacteria within pulmonary lesions are reported. 1999 Harcourt Publishers Ltd.
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