| Literature DB >> 6290013 |
M J Burridge, M C Thurmond, J M Miller, M J Schmerr, M J Van Der Maaten.
Abstract
Twenty-seven cows with antibodies to bovine leukemia virus were bled before, during and after calving. All serum samples were tested quantitatively for bovine leukemia virus antibodies using both the agar-gel immunodiffusion test with a glycoprotein antigen and the radioimmunoprecipitation assay with an internal p24 protein antigen. A significant fall (P less than 0.001) in bovine leukemia virus-antibody titer was demonstrated with both tests at the time of calving, with a subsequent rise in antibody titer within one month of parturition. Bovine leukemia virus antibodies were not detectable using the agar-gel immunodiffusion test in two of these cows at the time of calving.Entities:
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Year: 1982 PMID: 6290013 PMCID: PMC1320322
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Can J Comp Med ISSN: 0008-4050