Local immune response of Canarian Majorera goats infected with Teladorsagia circumcincta.
Leire OrtegaJessica QuesadaAntonio RuizMaría Magnolia Conde-FelipeOtilia FerrerFrancisco RodríguezJosé Manuel MolinaPublished in: Parasites & vectors (2022)
), as well as in the evolution of the relative cytokine gene expression. From a functional point of view, negative associations were observed between the number of most of the immune cells (CD4, IgA, IgG, and CD45R cells) and parameters that could be related to the fecundity of worms, a phenomenon that was especially evident when the number of IgG and CD45R cells or the specific IgA levels of the gastric mucus were compared with parasitological parameters such as the female worm length or fecal egg counts at 8 wpi.