Bovine immunodeficiency virus (BIV) was purified by isodensity centrifugation; viral activities
were monitored in gradient fractions using the reverse transcriptase assay and a p26 …

Five 18-to 24-month-old bulls were inoculated with either a cell suspension containing
bovine immunodeficiency virus (BIV-FL112; 3 bulls) or a BIV-free cell suspension (2 bulls) …

Feline immunodeficiency virus (FIV) has morphological, physical and biochemical
characteristics similar to human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), the cause of AIDS in man …

Serum samples from 380 cattle were analysed for the presence of bovine immunodeficiency‐
virus (BIV) antibodies by focus immunoassay (cell‐ELISA) and immunofluorescence assay …

A cocultivation method was used to establish a cytocidal bovine immunodeficiency-like virus
(BIV) infection in primary fetal bovine lung (FBL) cell cultures. Cultures were monitored for …

A seroprevalence study of bovine lentivirus, known as bovine immunodeficiency virus (BIV),
was conducted in 12 different dairy herds in Hokkaido, where some herds were a high …

Calves inoculated with bovine immunodeficiency-like virus (BIV) produced virus-specific
antibodies that could be detected from 2 weeks to 2.5 years postinoculation by using both …

Bovine antibovine immunodeficiency-like virus (BIV) antibodies were detected by Western
blot analysis (WBA) using a chemiluminescence protocol. Bovine sera with anti-BIV activity …

A series of independent proviral molecular clones of bovine immunodeficiency-like virus
(BIV) obtained from a genomic library of BIV-infected bovine cell DNA were physically and …

Bovine immunodeficiency-like virus (BIV) was first isolated from an animal showing transient
leucocytosis, lymphadenopathy, lesions in the central nervous system and progressive …