Experimental transmission of bovine leukemia virus in cattle via rectal palpation
2006
Kohara, J.(Hokkaido. Animal Research Center, Shintoku (Japan)) | Konnai, S. | Onuma, M.
We examined whether Bovine leukemia virus (BLV) was transmitted by rectal palpation using a common sleeve between a BLV-infected cow and BLV- negative steers. Three of four steers developed antibodies against BLN as determined by agar-gel immunodiffusion (AGID) test between 7 to 10 weeks after the first rectal palpation using common sleeves from BLV-infected cow. In the steers, BLV proviral DNA were detected by PCR 1 to 5 weeks earlier than detection of the antibodies by the AGID test. Our experiments demonstrated that rectal palpation is a potential cause of BLV spread in herds and that detection of BLV proviral DNA in cattle by PCR is useful screening test for early diagnosis of BLV infection.
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