Cattle lymph nodes: Control vs. Larva tick-infested; Control vs. Adult tick-infested; Larva tick-infested vs. Adult tick-infested. Cattle lymph nodes: Control vs. Larva tick-infested; Control vs. Adult tick-infested; Larva tick-infested vs. Adult tick-infested

Transcriptional profiling of lymph nodes of three cattle breeds (Bonsmara, Brahman, Holstein-Friesian) in response to the cattle tick (Rhipicephalus microplus) larvae and adult infestation. Emphasis is placed on firstly, comparing transcriptional responses within a cattle breed, before and after infestation, and secondly, comparing differentially expressed genes common between the breeds. Overall design: Three-condition experiment. Control (baseline) vs. Larva tick-infested; Control (baseline) vs. Adult tick-infested; Larva tick-infested vs. Adult tick-infested. Biological replicates: 3 Bonsmara baseline replicates; 3 Bonsmara larvae infested replicates; 3 Bonsmara adult infested replicates; 3 Brahman baseline replicates; 3 Brahman larva-infested replicates; 3 Brahman adult-infested replicates; 3 Holstein-Friesian baseline replicates; 3 Holstein-Friesian larva-infested replicates; 3 Holstein-Friesain adult-infested replicates.