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J Clin Microbiol. 1978 February; 7(2): 172-175

In vitro stimulation of bovine peripheral blood lymphocytes: comparison of round- and flat-bottom microtiter plates for detection of tuberculin hypersensitivity.

ABSTRACT

Lymphocytes from Mycobacterium bovis-sensitized and normal cattle were cultured in round- and/or flat-bottom microtiter plates and stimulated with M. bovis purified protein derivative (PPD) tuberculin. Blastogenic responses of lymphocytes from M. bovis-sensitized cattle to PPD cultured in round-bottom plates were significantly greater than those of lymphocytes cultured in flat-bottom microtiter plates. Normal lymphocytes of nonsensitized cattle were not stimulated by PPD in either round- or flat-bottom microtiter plates. Kinetics of lymphocyte responses in round-bottom plates are presented.