Ruminants especially t cells and their last version cell mediated immunity in ruminants uploaded by r l stine within the last 10 years the immune system of ruminants especially t cells and their interactions with other cells has been an important topic of study for veterinary immunologists and an area of interest for medical and fundamental immunologists this book immune mediated disease in . Development of cell mediated immunity in young ruminants appears to be under the influence of the thymus in sheep prenatal removal of the thymus has little effect on postnatal growth of lambs however lambs are immunedeficient compared with normal controls and they exhibit depressed delayed hypersensitive skin responses to antigens such as tuberculin purified protein derivative . Role of cell mediated immunity in bovine leukemia virus blv infection in ruminants its implication for the vaccination strategy against retroviruses sugimoto m1 ohishi k ikawa y author information 1department of preventive medicine nagasaki university japan recent studies in the immunopathogenesis of bovine leukemia virus blv infection in ruminants reviewed herein provide an . Within the last 10 years the immune system of ruminants especially t cells and their interactions with other cells has been an important topic of study for veterinary immunologists and an area of interest for medical and fundamental immunologists this book brings together all the latest data on ruminant cell mediated immunology