Sero-prevalence of bovine Leukemia virus in cattle from Caquetá state, Colombia

Sero-prevalence of bovine Leukemia virus in cattle from Caquetá state, Colombia

Pablo Andrés Motta-Delgado, Luis Gabriel Rivera-Calderón, Wilmer Herrera-Valencia, Ricardo Alberto Martínez-Tovar, Marliyanini Londoño-Sánchez, Erika Paola Rojas-Vargas, Angie Liseth Muñoz-Murcia, María Elodia Gutiérrez-Quintero

Bovine Leukemia Virus (BLV) is the agent of enzootic bovine leukosis (EBL), this disease is a neoplasm of lymphatic tissue in bovine species.  The aim of this article was determinate the prevalence of bovine leukemia virus in dual-purpose cattle from nine municipalities that produce the 98% of milk in the Caquetá state, Colombia. Blood samples were collected in 100 herds dedicates to dual purpose cattle, obtained blood serum from 1000 animals, of which 893 corresponding to cows. Indirect Elisa test for detection of antibodies anti-GP51 of BLV was performance and the positive cases were considered if the serum-to-positive ratio with percentages of M/N lower than 40%. Categorized data were analyzed by contingency tables and ANOVA at the significant level of p

2019

Amazon region, Deltaretrovirus, Tropical zone, epidemiology, immunosuppressive agent, lymphocytosis, lymphoma

10.24188/recia.v11.n2.2019.722

Revista Colombiana de Ciencia Animal Recia

Universidad de Sucre

Agriculture (General), Agriculture, Animal culture