CXCL8 and infection: Despite incomplete and imperfect annotation (the probe with the highest differential expression unfortunately remains unknown), which may explain why some effectors known to be induced in response to infection were not identified in this study (e.g. epithelial β-defensins such as LAP of which the expression is delayed [72] as well as other antibacterial molecules), the repertoire of gene probes used (Sheep Gene Expression Microarray, 8 × 15 K) has nevertheless confirmed the involvement of a number of master cytokines and chemokines (IL-8, IL-1β).