Detection of monoclonal or oligoclonal integration of bovine leukemia virus proviral DNA by inverse polymerase chain reaction for diagnosis of enzootic bovine leucosis

Author(s):  
Masaki Maezawa ◽  
Kana Sakaguchi ◽  
Yusuke Tanaka ◽  
Ken-ichi Watanabe ◽  
Yoshiyasu Kobayashi ◽  
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2005 ◽  
Vol 17 (2) ◽  
pp. 190-194 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robert B. Duncan ◽  
William K. Scarratt ◽  
Gertrude C. Buehring

An 18-month-old bovine heifer was presented for clinical evaluation after a sudden onset of ventral edema. Clinical and pathological evaluations were consistent with thymic lymphosarcoma, a sporadic form of lymphosarcoma in cattle, which is not generally considered to be associated with bovine leukemia virus (BLV). This heifer was seropositive for BLV at 6 and 18 months of age. Tissues obtained at necropsy were evaluated using in situ polymerase chain reaction. The BLV proviral DNA was detected in lymphocytes of the thymus as well as in epithelial cells of the liver and kidney. This report presents evidence that thymic lymphosarcomas can be associated with BLV infection and that BLV may have a broader cellular tropism than was supposed previously.


2003 ◽  
Vol 15 (1) ◽  
pp. 72-76 ◽  
Author(s):  
Christopher J. Kuckleburg ◽  
Christopher C. Chase ◽  
Eric A. Nelson ◽  
Salvatore A. E. Marras ◽  
Matthew A. Dammen ◽  
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Concerns about retroviruses in livestock and products derived from them have necessitated the development of tests to detect the bovine leukemia virus (BLV) in blood and milk from cattle. Dairy cattle ( n = 101) from 5 different geographical areas were used for this study. A nested polymerase chain reaction (PCR) identified 98% of BLV seropositive cattle ( n = 80) from blood and 65% from milk, whereas real-time PCR detected 94% of BLV seropositive cattle from blood and 59% from milk. Bovine leukemia virus was also detected by PCR in approximately 10% of seronegative cattle ( n = 21), most likely because of early detection before seroconversion.


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