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Effectiveness of integrated bovine leukemia virus eradication strategies utilizing cattle carrying resistant and susceptible major histocompatibility complex class II DRB3 alleles.
Journal of dairy science - 1 Dec 2023
Borjigin Liushiqi, Watanuki Sonoko, Hamada Rania, Bai Lanlan, Hirose Tomoya, Sato Hirotaka, Yoneyama Shuji, Yasui Anna, Yasuda Sohei, Yamanaka Risa, Mimura Munehito, Baba Miho, Inokuma Michihito, Fujita Keisuke, Shinozaki Yasuo, Tanaka Naoko, Takeshima Shin-Nosuke, Aida Yoko
Abstract excerpt
Bovine leukemia virus (BLV) has spread worldwide and causes serious problems in the cattle industry owing to the lack of effective treatments and vaccines. Bovine leukemia virus is transmitted via horizontal and vertical infection, and cattle with high BLV proviral load (PVL), which is a useful index for estimating disease progression and transmission risk, are considered major infectious sources within herds....
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