Lack of infectivity of bovine leukemia (C-type) virus to rats.
Sprague-Dawley rats were given ip injections of bovine culture and sheep cultures of bovine leukemia virus (BLV) and Gross passage-A leukemia virus [MuLV(G)]. Sera were tested to BLV antigens. BLV did not induce tumors in Sprague-Dawley rats, but the rats were susceptible to MuLV(G) at low doses.
D000406:AKR murine leukemia virus; D000818:Animals; D001909:Leukemia Virus, Bovine / Q000472:pathogenicity*; D007942:Leukemia, Experimental / Q000209:etiology