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Clinical and subclinical bovine leukemia virus infection in a dairy cattle herd in Zambia.
Archives of virology - 1 Apr 2017
Pandey Girja S, Simulundu Edgar, Mwiinga Danstan, Samui Kenny L, Mweene Aaron S, Kajihara Masahiro, Mangani Alfred, Mwenda Racheal, Ndebe Joseph, Konnai Satoru, Takada Ayato
Abstract excerpt
Bovine leukemia virus (BLV) causes enzootic bovine leucosis (EBL) and is responsible for substantial economic losses in cattle globally. However, information in Africa on the disease is limited. Here, based on clinical, hematological, pathological and molecular analyses, two clinical cases of EBL were confirmed in a dairy cattle herd in Zambia. In contrast, proviral DNA was detected by PCR in five apparently...
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