title: Preinfection chemotactic response of blood polymorphonuclear leukocytes to predict severity of Escherichia coli mastitis.
abstract: Experimental mastitis was induced by inoculating rear right quarters of 10 healthy cows with 10(3) cfu of Escherichia coli. The chemotactic responses of peripheral blood polymorphonuclear leukocytes at d-6, -5, -2, -1, and immediately prior to inoculation were measured. Chemiluminescence of polymorphonuclear leukocytes was measured immediately prior to inoculation. Severity of the experimental mastitis was assessed by bacterial growth in the inoculated quarters. Results of this study indicated that severity of the experimental mastitis may be predicted by the chemotactic response in vitro of polymorphonuclear leukocytes isolated from the peripheral blood at d 2, d 1, and immediately prior to inoculation. The number of circulating polymorphonuclear leukocytes immediately prior to inoculation also showed a negative relationship with the severity of mastitis. No relationship existed between preinfection chemiluminescence of polymorphonuclear leukocytes and the severity of the experimental mastitis.
authors.affiliation: University of Utecht, Department of Herd Health and Reproduction, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: W D
authors.initials: WD
authors.lastname: Kremer
authors.forename: E N
authors.initials: EN
authors.lastname: Noordhuizen-Stassen
authors.forename: F J
authors.initials: FJ
authors.lastname: Grommers
authors.forename: A J
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: Daemen
authors.forename: P A
authors.initials: PA
authors.lastname: Henricks
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Brand
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Burvenich
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002417:Cattle; D002634:Chemotaxis, Leukocyte; D015169:Colony Count, Microbial; D004927:Escherichia coli Infections / Q000097:blood* / Q000382:microbiology; D005260:Female; D008163:Luminescent Measurements; D008414:Mastitis, Bovine / Q000097:blood* / Q000382:microbiology; D009504:Neutrophils / Q000502:physiology*