Infusion of zymosan‐activated plasma (ZAP), a source of activated complement, induced
inflammation in non‐lactating mammary glands but not in lactating glands of ewes and …

In non‐lactating ewes, intramammary infusion of endotoxin provokes an intense but
transient inflammatory response as assessed by mammary lavage. The variability of the …

Objective and Design: It has long been observed that the human milk possesses significant
anti-inflammatory properties, while simultaneously protecting the infant against many …

Several natural components abundant in the fluid phase of human breast‐milk have been
shown to be inhibitors of complement activation in vitro, particularly the classical pathway …

The availability of techniques for establishment of primary, long term monolayers of breast
milk macrophages and blood monocytes permitted a direct comparison of biosynthetic …

The mammary gland of dairy cows, which is prone to infection by various bacteria, mobilizes
local and systemic immune defenses to cope with pathogens. The complement system plays …

Mastitis, caused by bacterial infection of the mammary gland, is a major disease of dairy
cattle. The greatest risks of intramammary infection occur at the end of lactation and at the …

Two groups of cows were sensitized to ovalbumin (OA) during lactation by a subcutaneous
injection of OA either in Freund's complete or incomplete adjuvant; two groups of animals …

Normal sheep serum, foetal lamb serum, sheep pericardial, synovial and ovarian follicle
fluids will all lyse human erythrocytes in the presence of sheep anti-human erythrocyte …

COBS albino rats given the 8 or 25% casein gel diet (see preceding abst.) throughout
gestation and lactation were milked every 3 days from the time of delivery until day 19. Milk …