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Table 2 Mean (± SEM) of immune cell scores on placentomes collected in early gestation from dams inoculated with N. caninum carrying non-viable (dead calves or empty uterus) or viable foetuses (alive calves) at culling

From: Inflammatory infiltration into placentas of Neospora caninum challenged cattle correlates with clinical outcome of pregnancy

Cell type

Non-viable

Viable

CD68+

2.55 (± 0.25)a

3.09 (± 0.19)a

CD3+

3.43 (± 0.10)a

2.50 (± 0.17)b

CD4+

2.90 (± 0.21)a

2.11 (± 0.20)b

CD8+

1.40 (± 0.09)a

0.89 (± 0.07)b

γδTCR+

1.73 (± 0.06)a

1.09 (± 0.05)b

NKp46+

1.30 (± 0.08)a

0.95 (± 0.07)b

CD79αcy+

0.75 (± 0.07)a

1.07 (± 0.07)b

  1. a,bDifferent letters indicate significantly different scores (p ≤ 0.05).