Infection of Bovine Immunodeficiency Virus and Bovine Leukemia Virus in Water Buffalo and Cattle Populations in Pakistan

Journal of Veterinary Medical Science

Muhammad BAKHSH¹  Kazuhiko OHASHI³  Teruo SATO²  Junji SETO³  Misao ONUMA³  Khalid NAEEM⁴  Sothy MEAS³  Chihiro SUGIMOTO³  Muhammad RIAZ¹ 

[1] Livestock and Dairy Development Department, Government of Punjab, Lahore, Pakistan;Expert of Animal Health, Japan International Cooperation Agency, Islamabad, Pakistan;Laboratory of Infectious Diseases, Department of Disease Control, Graduate School of Veterinary Medicine, Hokkaido University, Sapporo 060-0818, Japan;National Agricultural Research Center, Islamabad, Pakistan

关键词: bovine immunodeficiency virus;    bovine leukemia virus;    water buffalo;   

DOI  :  10.1292/jvms.62.329

学科分类：兽医学

来源: Japanese Society of Veterinary Science

【 摘 要 】

References(26)Cited-By(12)A survey of antibodies to bovine immunodeficiency virus (BIV) known as bovine lentivirus and bovine leukemia virus (BLV) was conducted with samples from water buffalo and cattle populations in Pakistan. A total of 370 water buffaloes and 76 cattle were tested, and l0.3% and 15.8%, respectively, were found positive for anti-BIV p26 antibodies determined by Western blotting, while 0.8% of water buffaloes and no cattle were positive for anti-BLV antibodies determined by immunodiffusion test. BIV-seropositive water buffaloes and cattle were found to have BIV proviral DNA in the peripheral blood mononuclear cells determined by nested polymerase chain reaction. This is the first report of BIV infections in water buffaloes.

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