FIG. 2.
TNF-α bioactivity produced by bovine macrophages 6 h after addition of medium only (negative control), IFN-γ and LPS (positive control), M. avium subsp. paratuberculosis (M. a. ptb) organisms, or M. avium subsp. avium (M. a. a) organisms. Data a represent the mean ± standard deviation of two separate experiments on each of three cows. All tests were conducted in triplicate, and results were averaged. a, statistically different from positive control (P < 0.05); b, statistically different from M. avium subsp. avium-infected macrophages (P < 0.05).
