Effect of milk or colostrum on phagocytosis of glass- or plastic-adherent Streptococcus agalactiae by bovine granulocytes.
In the presence of milk, bovine polymorphonuclear cells (PMN) assumed a polarized shape, a feature of motile cells, and their adherence to plastic was augmented. Milk enhanced the phagocytosis of glass- or plastic-adherent Streptococcus agalactiae. In contrast, PMN were not stimulated by colostrum.
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Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique, Station de Pathologie de la Reproduction, Nouzilly, France.
D000818:Animals; D001422:Bacterial Adhesion; D002151:Calorimetry; D002417:Cattle; D003126:Colostrum; D005898:Glass; D006098:Granulocytes / Q000502:physiology*; D008892:Milk; D010587:Phagocytosis; D010969:Plastics; D013292:Streptococcus agalactiae / Q000276:immunology*
D010969:Plastics