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An Overview of the Bovine Leukemia Virus
This publication discusses bovine leukemia virus and its prevalence, economic implications, transmission, clinical signs, diagnosis, treatment, prevention, and control. Written by Kaitlyn K. Renegar, Ameer A.
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Although BLV antigens have been detected in the urine of infected cows, infectious BLV has not been detected, and attempts to transmit the virus by inoculation of urine into susceptible recipients have failed. Neither BLV nor its antigens have been detected in saliva or semen, and neither secretion has been implicated in the natural transmission of the
Kenyon, S. J., S. J. Kenyon
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Bovine leukosis (lymphosarcoma, leukemia, or lymphoma) is one of the most frequent neoplastic diseases of cattle. Two types of bovine leukosis are recognized on the basis of their epidemiology: enzootic bovine leukosis and sporadic bovine leukosis. The enzootic form, which is caused by bovine leukemia virus (BLV), is the most frequent.
Gutiérrez, Silvina Elena +1 more
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Bovine Leukemia Virus Infections
With the obvious reservation that new findings may, at any time, alter our concepts regarding Bovine Leukemia Virus (BLV) infections, the current status of our knowledge leads to the conclusion that, except for the frank neoplastic disease and the restrictions on international trade, BLV does not play an important role in cattle disease and has no ...
Van Der Maaten, M. J., Miller, J.M.
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Studies on evaluation of commercial quantitative PCR assays for bovine leukemia virus, and cleanup measures in dairy farms with high bovine leukemia virus infection using provirus levels as an indicator [PDF]
岩手大学博士(獣医学)原著論文 Yoneyama, S., Kobayashi, S., Matsunaga, T., Tonosaki, K., Leng, D., Sakai, Y., Yamada, S., Kimura, A., Ichijo, T., Hikono, H., Murakami,K.
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No genetic evidence for involvement of Deltaretroviruses in adult patients with precursor and mature T-cell neoplasms [PDF]
Background The Deltaretrovirus genus comprises viruses that infect humans (HTLV), various simian species (STLV) and cattle (BLV). HTLV-I is the main causative agent in adult T-cell leukemia in endemic areas and some of the simian T-cell lymphotropic ...
Hummel, Michael +9 more
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Bovine Leukemia Virus: An Exogenous RNA Oncogenic Virus? [PDF]
Short-term cultures of bovine leukemic lymphocytes release virus particles with biochemical properties of RNA oncogenic viruses. These particles, tentatively called bovine leukemia virus (BLV), have a high molecular weight RNA-reverse transcriptase complex and a density of 1.155 g/ml in sucrose solutions.
Kettmann, Richard +8 more
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A study on the isolation of leukemia virus of AKR mouse by fluorocarbon [PDF]
The authors have succeeded in isolating a biologically-active leukemia virus from leukemic tissues of AKR mice with a fluorocarbon. From the chemical analysis of the biologically-active virus fraction it has been clarified that the AKR leukemia virus is ...
Miyoshi, Isao, Okada, Koichi
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Bovine leukemia virus: current perspectives [PDF]
Enzootic bovine leukosis, caused by bovine leukemia virus (BLV), is the most common neoplasm of dairy cattle. Although beef and dairy cattle are susceptible to BLV infection and BLV-associated lymphosarcoma, the disease is more commonly detected in dairy
Barrios, Clarisa Natalia +9 more
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Tumorigenesis related to retroviral infections
Retroviral infections are considered important risk factors for cancer development in humans since approximately 15-20% of cancer worldwide is caused by an infectious agent.
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