Table 1 Mean (± SEM) of immune cell infiltration scores on placentomes collected from N. caninum -inoculated (“challenged”) and negative control (“control”) dams in early, mid and late gestation

CD68⁺

1.79 (± 0.17)^a

2.83 (± 0.16)^b,A

0.87 (± 0.13)^a

2.07 (± 0.20)^aAB

1.25 (± 0.07)^a

1.80 (± 0.08)^aB

CD3⁺

1.15 (± 0.06)^a

2.94 (± 0.12)^bA

0.43 (± 0.12)^a

2.12 (± 0.21)^bAB

0.25 (± 0.07)^a

0.87 (± 0.08)^bB

CD4⁺

0.96 (± 0.09)^a

2.49 (± 0.15)^bA

0.37 (± 0.11)^a

1.70 (± 0.25)^aAB

0.15 (± 0.06)^a

0.44 (± 0.06)^aB

CD8⁺

0.46 (± 0.09)^a

1.13 (± 0.07)^bA

0.20 (± 0.11)^a

0.77 (± 0.10)^aAB

0.08 (± 0.04)^a

0.20 (± 0.04)^aB

γδTCR⁺

0.83 (± 0.07)^a

1.39 (± 0.06)^bA

0.17 (± 0.06)^a

1.17 (± 0.08)^bA

0.25 (± 0.07)^a

0.63 (± 0.05)^bB

NKp46⁺

0.83 (± 0.07)^a

1.12 (± 0.06)^bA

0.20 (± 0.10)^a

0.87 (± 0.06)^bAB

0.35 (± 0.09)^a

0.88 (± 0.04)^bB

CD79_αcy⁺

0.96 (± 0.04)^a

0.92 (± 0.05)^aA

1.07 (± 0.07)^a

1.20 (± 0.07)^aB

0.96 (± 0.02)^a

0.96 (± 0.02)^aA