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BOLA-DRB3 gene polymorphisms influence bovine leukaemia virus infection levels in Holstein and Holstein × Jersey crossbreed dairy cattle.
Animal genetics - 1 Aug 2017
Carignano H A, Beribe M J, Caffaro M E, Amadio A, Nani J P, Gutierrez G, Alvarez I, Trono K, Miretti M M, Poli M A
Abstract excerpt
Bovine leukemia virus (BLV) infections, causing persistent lymphocytosis and lethal lymphosarcoma in cattle, have reached high endemicity on dairy farms. We observed extensive inter-individual variation in the level of infection (LI) by assessing differences in proviral load in peripheral blood. This phenotypic variation appears to be determined by host genetics variants, especially those located in the BoLA-DRB3...
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