2,4-Thiazolidinedione Treatment Improves the Innate Immune Response in Dairy Goats with Induced Subclinical Mastitis.

"Conflicts of Interest The authors declare that they have no conflicts of interest."

"The work presented was supported by the Hatch/Multistate USDA Animal Health and Disease Grant no. NE1048 received by Massimo Bionaz and Charles T. Estill from the Oregon State University research station. The authors thank Mary Smallman and the OSU Sheep Center staff for help with animal management. Appreciation is extended to Professor Joseph S. Beckman (Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics at Oregon State University) and Nathan Lopez (Faculty Research Assistant at Beckman's Lab, Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics at Oregon State University) for help with the cryostat and staining methods. The authors thank Samantha Richards, Lauren Robertson, Danita Dahl, and Laura Johnston for the essential help in carrying out the in vivo experiments, including taking care of the animals, milking, injecting 2,4-thiazolidinedione, and blood and milk samples collection. The authors thank Professor Gerd Bobe from the Animal and Rangeland Sciences Department at Oregon State University for critical revision of the paper."