| multicentric lymphoma in buffaloes in the amazon region, brazil. | the presence of lymphoma in buffaloes was first reported in india in the 1960s. the disease is similar to enzootic bovine leucosis (ebl) caused by bovine leukemia virus (blv) in cattle; however, according to our results and those of other studies, the etiology of these lymphomas in buffalo do not appear to be associated with blv. the objectives of this study are to describe four cases of the disease in buffaloes belonging to the same herd in the amazon region of brazil and to perform a clinical- ... | 2016 | 27765074 |
| absence of bovine leukemia virus (blv) infection in buffaloes from amazon and southeast region in brazil. | enzootic bovine leucosis is an infectious disease caused by bovine leukemia virus (blv) and is well described in bovines. the majority of infected animals are asymptomatic, one to five percent develop lymphoma and from 30 to 50% present a persistent lymphocytosis. the virus occurs naturally in cattle and experimentally in buffaloes, capybaras and rabbits. the occurrence of lymphoma in buffaloes has been attributed to blv infection by some authors in india and venezuela, but not confirmed by othe ... | 2016 | 27317318 |
| bovine herpesvirus 6 in buffaloes (bubalus bulalis) from the amazon region, brazil. | this study presents the first description of bovine herpesvirus 6 (bohv-6) that was isolated from buffaloes of amazon region in brazil. phylogenetic analysis showed that the bohv-6 brazilian strains clustered with the sequence of bohv-6 from elsewhere available at the genbank. it was observed in some buffaloes with lymphoproliferative disease in one herd, thus the animals were also tested for bovine leukemia virus (blv), which has been associated to lymphoma in bovines. all animals were negative ... | 2015 | 25427628 |