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R F DiGiacomo, R L Darlington, J F Evermann.
Abstract
Gouge dehorning was evaluated as a mode of transmitting bovine leukemia virus in Holstein calves at a commercial dairy. Significantly (p less than 0.05) more calves dehorned by the gouge method developed antibodies to bovine leukemia virus, as measured by agar-gel immunodiffusion, three months after dehorning, than calves not dehorned. The field use of a blood-contaminated dehorning device resulted in transmission of bovine leukemia virus.Entities:
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Year: 1985 PMID: 2994866 PMCID: PMC1236184
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Can J Comp Med ISSN: 0008-4050