New hematological key for bovine leukemia virus-infected Japanese Black cattle

The European Community’s (EC) Key, which is also called Bendixen’s Key, is a well-established bovine leukemia virus (BLV) diagnostic method that classifies cattle according to the absolute lymphocyte count and age. The EC Key was originally designed for dairy cattle and is not necessarily suitable f...

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Veröffentlicht in:Journal of Veterinary Medical Science 2018, Vol.80(2), pp.316-319
Hauptverfasser: MEKATA, Hirohisa, YAMAMOTO, Mari, KIRINO, Yumi, SEKIGUCHI, Satoshi, KONNAI, Satoru, HORII, Yoichiro, NORIMINE, Junzo
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Zusammenfassung:The European Community’s (EC) Key, which is also called Bendixen’s Key, is a well-established bovine leukemia virus (BLV) diagnostic method that classifies cattle according to the absolute lymphocyte count and age. The EC Key was originally designed for dairy cattle and is not necessarily suitable for Japanese Black (JB) beef cattle. This study revealed the lymphocyte counts in the BLV-free and -infected JB cattle were significantly lower than those in the Holstein cattle. Therefore, applying the EC Key to JB cattle could result in a large number of undetected BLV-infected cattle. Our proposed hematological key, which was designed for JB cattle, improves the detection of BLV-infected cattle by approximately 20%. We believe that this study could help promote BLV control.
ISSN:0916-7250
1347-7439
DOI:10.1292/jvms.17-0455