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Table 3 Effect of an O. ostertagi on transcript levels of inflammatory-related genes (Mean fold difference compared to uninfected calves ± SEM)

From: Analysis of cell hyperplasia and parietal cell dysfunction induced by Ostertagia ostertagi infection

 

Single infection

Trickle infection

 

Experimental

Experimental

Natural

Gene

6 dpi

9 dpi

24 dpi

60 dpi

60 dpe

IL1B

3.01 ± 1.29

5.96 ± 0.84*

35.37 ± 10.77*

3.52 ± 0.49*

5.51 ± 1.86

IL8

3.11 ± 1.8

5.52 ± 1.6*

50.68 ± 14*

8.53 ± 1.55**

9.65 ± 2.66*

TNFA

1.81 ± 0.41

2.02 ± 0.31

5.44 ± 1.32

2.20 ± 0.0381*

3.76 ± 1.06

COX-2

1.05 ± 0.1

1.65 ± 0.2

6.45 ± 1.67*

2.92 ± 0.36**

1.69 ± 0.22

  1. *p value ≤ 0.05 uninfected animals vs infected animals.
  2. **p value ≤ 0.01 uninfected animals vs infected animals.