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Table 2 Averages (minimum–maximum values) of eosinophils (cells/mm2), mast cells (cells/mm2), globule leukocytes (cells/mm2), POU2F3 + cells (%), T cells (cells/mm2) and B cells (cells/mm2) in abomasum mucosa of the Santa Ines and Ile de France under suppressive or targeted selective treatment (TST) programme with anthelmintics

From: Differences in immune responses to Haemonchus contortus infection in the susceptible Ile de France and the resistant Santa Ines sheep under different anthelmintic treatments regimens

Cells

Santa Ines

Ile de France

Effects (P-value)

 

Suppressive (n = 9)

TST (n = 10)

Suppressive (n = 10)

TST (n = 9)

Breed

Treatment programme

Breed × treatment

Mast cells

51 (17–97)

132 (17–305)

28 (0–83)

113 (15–165)

ns

0.0001

ns

Globule leukocyte

66 (27–145)b

148 (55–252)b

30 (0–118)a

142 (18–238)b

0.0031

< 0.0001

0.0228

Eosinophils

95 (10–277)

90 (5–197)

80 (5–317)

42 (7–60)

ns

ns

ns

POU2F3+ cells

7.33 (3.0–12.0)

11.18 (1.9–13.7)

3.64 (2.0–5.5)

7.62 (4.6–11.3)

< .0001

< .0001

ns

T cells

993.5 (768–1499)

1102.5 (740–1458)

808.0 (481–1167)

788.0 (582–1030)

0.0012

ns

ns

B cells

94.0 (27.2–181.7)

124.5 (50.9–249.4)

99.2 (14.8–260.9)

45.4 (12.8–130.4)

ns

ns

ns

  1. Means followed by different letter in the same line differ from each other by Tukey’s test (P < 0.05).
  2. ns: not significant (P > 0.05).