@article{MAVROGIANNI (Β. Σ. ΜΑΥΡΟΓΙΑΝΝΗ)_FTHENAKIS (Γ. Χ. ΦΘΕΝΑΚΗΣ)_2017, title={Defense mechanisms in the bovine mammary gland}, volume={55}, url={https://ejournals.epublishing.ekt.gr/index.php/jhvms/article/view/15099}, DOI={10.12681/jhvms.15099}, abstractNote={<p><span lang="EN-US">In the present article the literature on the defence mechanisms of the bovine mammary gland is reviewed. The article is divided into three sections: (i) The teat, (ii) Cellular defence mechanisms (number of somatic cells, type of somatic cells, counting of somatic cells, defence role of somatic cells: macrophages, neutrophils, lymphocytes) and (iii) Chemoral defence mechanisms (cytokines: IL-1, IL-2, IL-8, granulocyte/macrophage-colony stimulating factor and TNF-a, immunoglobulins, complement, lactoferrin, lactoperoxidase/thiocyanate/ H </span><span lang="EN-US">2 </span><span lang="EN-US">0 </span><span lang="EN-US">2 </span><span lang="EN-US">system, lysozyme).</span></p>}, number={3}, journal={Journal of the Hellenic Veterinary Medical Society}, author={MAVROGIANNI (Β. Σ. ΜΑΥΡΟΓΙΑΝΝΗ) V. S. and FTHENAKIS (Γ. Χ. ΦΘΕΝΑΚΗΣ) G. C.}, year={2017}, month={Dec.}, pages={235–246} }