Journal article
Laboratory Diagnostic Tests for Retroviral Infections in Dairy and Beef Cattle
The Veterinary clinics of North America. Food animal practice, Vol.13(1), pp.87-106
03/1997
Handle:
https://hdl.handle.net/2376/114069
PMID: 9071748
Abstract
Detection of bovine retroviruses stretches our diagnostic creativity to its limits. The nucleic acid-based, PCR-amplified assays are finding increased clinical use as the veterinary and livestock industry seek earlier detection of infection for eventual corrective management decisions. We are evolving from a point of disease diagnosis by tumor identification through conventional histopathology, to molecular diagnostics for early identification of retroviral nucleic acid (provirus). The clinical use of antibody-based assays lies in the simplicity of testing large numbers of animals, the relative sensitivity of the assays, and the low cost of testing. Although the pathogenicity of bovine leukemia virus (BLV) for cattle has been well documented, the disease potential for bovine immunodeficiency-like virus (BIV) for cattle is still being determined. Nevertheless, pressure to test for retroviral infections of livestock and, when feasible, removal of these infected animals from the herd will be increased.
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- Title
- Laboratory Diagnostic Tests for Retroviral Infections in Dairy and Beef Cattle
- Creators
- James F Evermann - Department of Veterinary Clinical Sciences and Washington Animal Disease Diagnostic Laboratory, College of Veterinary Medicine, Washington State University, Pullman, WashingtonM. Keven Jackson - Animal, Dairy, and Veterinary Science Department, Utah State University, Logan, Utah
- Publication Details
- The Veterinary clinics of North America. Food animal practice, Vol.13(1), pp.87-106
- Academic Unit
- Veterinary Clinical Sciences, Department of
- Publisher
- Elsevier Inc
- Identifiers
- 99900547786501842
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Journal article