In 1871, the observation of yellowish nodules in the enlarged spleen of a cow was
considered to be the first reported case of bovine leukemia. The etiological agent of this …

Coexistence of viruses and their hosts imposes an evolutionary pressure on both the virus
and the host immune system. On the one hand, the host has developed an immune system …

We investigated the distribution of B and T cells in the peripheral blood of haematologically
inconspicuous (non‐persistent lymphocytotic, PL−) cattle infected with the bovine leukaemia …

The objective of this study was to determine the association between individual cow-level
milk production and bovine leukemia virus (BLV) infection as measured by milk BLV-ELISA …

Bovine leukemia virus (BLV) is a type C retrovirus infecting bovine B cells and causing
enzootic bovine leukosis. Since it takes long periods to develop the disease, it is believed …

The objective of the study was to develop an assay for bovine IL-10 that could be applied to
analyses of immune responses and advance understanding of a variety of diseases of cattle …

For a practical need, fast and efficient methods to quantify mRNA expression are expecting.
By using real-time reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) with the …

The bovine MHC (BoLA) class II DRB3 alleles are associated with polyclonal expansion of
lymphocytes caused by bovine leukemia virus (BLV) infection in cattle. To examine whether …

The protozoan parasite Neospora caninum causes fetal death after experimental infection of
pregnant cattle in early gestation, but the fetus survives a similar infection in late gestation …

The inhibitory receptor programmed death-1 (PD-1) and its ligand, programmed death-
ligand 1 (PD-L1) are involved in immune evasion mechanisms for several pathogens …