First Report of Bovine Leukemia Virus Infection in Yaks (Bos mutus) in China
Joint Authors
Qin, Si-Yuan
Zhu, Xing-Quan
Zhou, Dong-Hui
Ma, Jian-Gang
Zheng, Wen-Bin
Yin, Ming-Yang
Hu, Gui-Xue
Source
Issue
Vol. 2016, Issue 2016 (31 Dec. 2016), pp.1-4, 4 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2016-06-02
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
4
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
Enzootic bovine leukosis (EBL) is a chronic lymphosarcoma disease of cattle caused by bovine leukemia virus (BLV).
No information is available concerning the epidemiology of BLV infection in yaks (Bos mutus).
One thousand five hundred and eighty-four serum samples from 610 black yaks and 974 white yaks from Gansu province, northwest China, were collected between April 2013 and March 2014 and tested for BLV antibodies using a commercially available ELISA kit.
The overall BLV seroprevalence in yaks was 21.09% (334/1584), with 24.26% (148/610) black yaks and 19.10% (186/974) white yaks yielding positive results.
Risk factor analysis indicated that with the exception of breed (OR = 1.36, 95% CI = 1.06–1.73, P < 0.05 ), the age, region, gender, farm, and the numbers of pregnancies were not considered as risk factors for the presence of BLV in yaks included in this study.
This is the first report of BLV infection in yaks in China, which provides information for controlling BLV infection in yaks.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Ma, Jian-Gang& Zheng, Wen-Bin& Zhou, Dong-Hui& Qin, Si-Yuan& Yin, Ming-Yang& Zhu, Xing-Quan…[et al.]. 2016. First Report of Bovine Leukemia Virus Infection in Yaks (Bos mutus) in China. BioMed Research International،Vol. 2016, no. 2016, pp.1-4.
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Modern Language Association (MLA)
Ma, Jian-Gang…[et al.]. First Report of Bovine Leukemia Virus Infection in Yaks (Bos mutus) in China. BioMed Research International No. 2016 (2016), pp.1-4.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1099246
American Medical Association (AMA)
Ma, Jian-Gang& Zheng, Wen-Bin& Zhou, Dong-Hui& Qin, Si-Yuan& Yin, Ming-Yang& Zhu, Xing-Quan…[et al.]. First Report of Bovine Leukemia Virus Infection in Yaks (Bos mutus) in China. BioMed Research International. 2016. Vol. 2016, no. 2016, pp.1-4.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1099246
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-1099246