Figure 10
From: Local immunization impacts the response of dairy cows to Escherichia coli mastitis
Cellular immune response to immunization. The cell-mediated response was assessed with the whole blood antigenic assay (WBA), using HKEc P4 as antigen. Results obtained before immunization (I0), 1 month later (I30), 2 month after the primary immunization at time of booster injection (R0), 2 weeks after the booster immunization (R14), and 7 days after the infectious challenge (C+7) are presented for the adjuvant only (Control), intramuscular (IM) and intramuscular and intramammary (IMM) groups. (a) IL-17A production in the WBA; (b) IFN-γ production in the WBA. *p < 0.05 **p < 0.01, Friedman test and post hoc Dunn’s multiple comparison test.
