A field case of bovine viral leukosis in young cattle
1982
Lee, H.B. | Choi, W.P. | Lee, K.W. (Kyungbuk National Univ., Daegu (Korea R.). Coll. of Agriculture, Dept. of Veterinary Medicine)
This is a study of bovine viral leukosis in a young cattle (10 months old). Main clinical symptoms observed were emaciation, digestive disorder, and marked enlargement of superficial lymph nodes. Biopsied specimen of the lymph nodes revealed a characteristics histological picture of bovine leukosis. A severe degree of leukocytosis (108,000/cmm) accompanied by marked lympocytosis (96%=680/cmm) was detected from the hematological examination of peripheral blood. Most of the lymphocytes (94%=101,520) were large-sized, immature, and abnormal in their morphology. In addition, a pronounced anemia (1.78 million/cmm) without regenerative evidence of erythrocyte was noted. The serum of the patient showed positive reaction against gp antigen of bovine leukosis virus in agar gel diffusion test
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