Bovine leukemia virus becomes established in dairy herds before the first lactation

In this work, we studied seven groups of pregnant heifers from a consortium of dairy farms heavily infected with bovine leukemia virus (BLV). ELISA testing showed that the seroprevalence ranges of BLV in heifers between 36.1 and 66.5 %. No significant differences in proviral load were found when comparing heifers with adult cattle. Before their first delivery, more than 9.8 % of heifers show a high proviral load. Because BLV infection can occur during the first two years of life, the rationale of any strategy should be to take action as early as possible after birth.

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Auteurs principaux: Merlini, Ramiro, Gutierrez, Gerónimo, Alvarez, Irene, Jaworski, Juan Pablo, Carignano, Hugo Adrian, Poli, Mario Andres, Willems, Luc, Trono, Karina Gabriela
Format: info:eu-repo/semantics/article biblioteca
Langue:eng
Publié: 2016
Sujets:Enfermedades de los Animales, Virus Leucemia Bovina, Rebaño de Leche, Ganado de Leche, Animal Diseases, Bovine Leukaemia Virus, Dairy Herds, Dairy Cattle,
Accès en ligne:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12123/1070
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs00705-016-2973-x
https://doi.org/10.1007/s00705-016-2973-x
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