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Lambs with genetically determined increased immunological responsiveness to Trichostrongylus colubriformis (high responders) had more eosinophils in cutaneous reactions to the mitogen phytohaemagglutinin (PHA) both before and during infection compared with those bred for susceptibility (low responders). In contrast, eosinophil numbers in both blood and cutaneous reactions elicited by third-stage T. colubriformis larval antigen were similar in high and low responders before infection. Following vaccination and challenge, high responders had elevated eosinophil numbers in blood and antigen-stimulated skin. In unselected sheep, although eosinophil numbers in cutaneous reactions to PHA were related to responsiveness to a challenge infection with T. colubriformis, there was a closer relationship between blood eosinophil numbers and responsiveness. Infection with T. colubriformis increased eosinophil numbers in cutaneous reactions to PHA and appeared to augment the difference between eosinophil counts in high and low responder sheep. Measurement of the ability to produce eosinophil activating factors, or for eosinophils to respond to such factors might therefore be useful in identifying individual sheep with increased responsiveness to T. colubriformis infection.
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