Use of a polymerase chain reaction assay to detect bovine leukosis virus in dairy cattle

Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association

Volumn 222, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 983-985

  Nagy, Dusty W ^a   Tyler, Jeff W ^b   Kleiboeker, Steven B ^b   Stoker, Aaron ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; BOVINE LEUKEMIA VIRUS; CATTLE DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; LEUKEMIA; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEROLOGY;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; CATTLE; DNA, VIRAL; ENZOOTIC BOVINE LEUKOSIS; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; LEUKEMIA VIRUS, BOVINE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ANIMALIA; BOS TAURUS; BOVINAE; BOVINE LEUKEMIA VIRUS;

EID: 0037377872     PISSN: 00031488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2460/javma.2003.222.983     Document Type: Article

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