Background: BIV is a well-known bovine immunosuppressive cause, but its pathogenesis has not been well characterized. In recent years, it has been hypothesized that infection with BIV might predispose cattle to be infected by other agents. OBJECTIVE: This study was performed to investigate of BIV and Brucella co-infection so that in the future more studies will be done on the issue of predispos...

isolation of bohv-1 was attempted from nasal swabs as well as aborted foetuses and vaginal swabs in madin darby bovine kidney (mdbk) cell line to find out the prevalent strain in the state of west bengal, india. the virus was isolated from only one case out of 65 nasal swabs whereas no virus was isolated from aborted foetuses and vaginal swabs. the isolate was typed as bohv-1.2 (strain india 3).

Bovine leukaemia virus (BLV) is a retrovirus that induces a chronic infection in cattle. Once infected, cattle remain virus carriers for life and start to show an antibody response within a few weeks after infection. Eradication and control of the disease are based on early diagnostics and segregation of the carriers. The choice of a diagnostic method depends on the eradication programme, money...

A study was undertaken to analyse the effect of polymorphism of α-lactalbumin (ALA) gene at position -1689 on the susceptibility of lymphocytes to the infection with bovine leukaemia virus (BLV) and to undergoing apoptosis during the first three months after calving. The experiments covered 97 Black-and-White breed cows, aged 3–8 years, from three herds. The infection with BLV was diagnosed on ...

To establish infection, a retrovirus must insert a DNA copy of its RNA genome into host chromatin. This reaction is catalysed by the virally encoded enzyme integrase (IN) and is facilitated by viral genus-specific host factors. Herein, cellular serine/threonine protein phosphatase 2A (PP2A) is identified as a functional IN binding partner exclusive to δ-retroviruses, including human T cell lymp...

The results of examination of 375 bovine serum and 150 bovine milk samples for detection of bovine leukemia virus infection by the immunodiffusion technique were compared with those of an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA). It was concluded that the ELISA is another useful method for the detection of antibodies to bovine leukemia virus in serum and milk. The ELISA provides a quantitative...