Important infectious diseases in farm animals, such as pneumonia and enteritis, are thought
to be associated with the so-called oxidative stress, ie a chemical phenomenon involving an …

Intramammary infections of dairy cows with Gram-positive bacteria such as Staphylococcus
aureus (major cause of mastitis) have received a lot of attention because of their major …

Understanding the immune defenses of the mammary gland is instrumental in devising and
developing measures to control mastitis, the major illness of dairy ruminants. Innate …

Gram-negative bacteria that commonly cause bovine mastitis are classified as
environmental pathogens. The point sources of coliform bacteria that cause infections …

Michael Akers provides the basics for understanding mammary development and lactation
and conveys the critical regulatory events in lactation. This text willl prove to be an …

This paper examines the role that oxidative stress plays in small ruminant medicine. We will
examine how redox homeostasis is involved in some physiological functions and we will …

Causes for pre‐implantation embryo loss, which can be as high as 50% or more of fertilized
embryos, are multifactorial and largely undescribed. Studies in cattle using mastitis as a …

During mammary gland infection, non-specific responses are the predominant ones. The
goal of this study was to investigate the mRNA expression of various soluble immune …

Acute acidosis was induced in sheep, and gastrointestinal permeability was assessed by
using lactulose as a permeability marker. Metabolism was evaluated by monitoring blood …

Concentrations of tumor necrosis factor-α (TNF-α) and of NOx (sum of nitrite and nitrate as
indicators of endogenous nitric oxide production) in milk and blood plasma were measured …