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  • Title: Immune responses of calves antigenically stimulated and challenge exposed with Anaplasma marginale during tick infestation or treatment with dexamethasone.
    Author: Eckblad WP, Stiller D, Woodard LF, Kuttler KL.
    Journal: Am J Vet Res; 1984 Mar; 45(3):431-6. PubMed ID: 6711969.
    Abstract:
    Similar anamnestic antibody responses to a 2nd injection of a Anaplasma marginale vaccinal antigen were observed in calves infested with the tick Dermacentor albipictus and in tick-free calves. When challenge exposure of these calves to virulent A marginale was done, infestation with the tick Boophilus microplus increased anemia (P less than 0.01), but did not suppress antibody production to A marginale or increase parasitemia. None of the vaccinated calves, regardless of infestation, experienced clinical anaplasmosis. Mitogenic responses of lymphocytes from infested animals were unaltered by either infestation. Tick infestations did not cause immune suppression in the calves, whereas use of dexamethasone resulted in a significantly lower antibody response (P less than 0.05) after a 2nd injection of vaccinal antigen. After challenge with virulent A marginale, dexamethasone-treated calves showed more pronounced parasitemia (P less than 0.01) and anemia (P less than 0.01) than did control calves. Anaplasmosis did not prevent the calves from developing resistance to reinfestation, which was accompanied by immediate, but not delayed, hypersensitivity reactions against homologous tick extracts. Dermacentor albipictus did not seem to share common antigenic determinants with B microplus, since extracts from the latter did not elicit immediate hypersensitivity responses in calves sensitive to D albipictus extracts. Calves were somewhat resistant to reinfestation as evidenced by reduced numbers of adult fed ticks, decreased weights of ticks after feeding, and smaller egg masses.
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