Bovine leukosis and A.I.

Authors

  • D. E. Bartlett 6240 So. Highlands Avenue, Madison, Wisconsin 53705

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.21423/bovine-vol1979no14p111-114

Keywords:

artificial insemination, cattle diseases, Diagnosis, Disease control, Disease transmission, Leukaemia, neoplasms, Reviews, Viral diseases

Abstract

There appears to be no evidence of public risk from bovine leukosis and no evidence to suggest that it is transmitted by artificial insemination. Transmission within herds is principally by close contact, blood sucking insects and possibly by blood contaminated instruments. Immunological methods of diagnosing leukosis are more reliable than "key" methods. Infection that does not progress to lymphosarcoma appears to have no effect on milk production or reproduction. Surveys indicate that bovine oncovirus is present in more than 50% of dairy herds and 10% of beef herds in the USA. Incidence of infection increases with age.

Cover image of the 14th Volume of the Bovine Practitioner: a photo of the San Antonio riverwalk during the holidays: a tree-lined waterway lined with twinkling lights and an elegant bridge covered in ivy.

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Published

1979-11-01

How to Cite

Bartlett, D. E. (1979). Bovine leukosis and A.I. The Bovine Practitioner, 1979(14), 111–114. https://doi.org/10.21423/bovine-vol1979no14p111-114

Issue

No. 14 (1979 November)

Section

Articles