High incidence area of cattle cancer with a possible interaction between an environmental carcinogen and a papilloma virus.
Cattle in upland areas of Scotland and northern England are substantially more prone to alimentary cancer than those of the immediately neighbouring lowlands, and epidemiological evidence implicates a combination of papilloma virus and bracken in the aetiology of the disease. Here Professor Jarrett outlines the circumstantial case against these agents and discusses its implications.
D000818:Animals; D002273:Carcinogens; D002294:Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / Q000209:etiology / Q000662:veterinary*; D002417:Cattle; D002418:Cattle Diseases / Q000209:etiology*; D003043:Cocarcinogenesis; D004938:Esophageal Neoplasms / Q000209:etiology / Q000662:veterinary*; D007414:Intestinal Neoplasms / Q000209:etiology / Q000662:veterinary; D010212:Papilloma / Q000150:complications / Q000662:veterinary*; D027383:Papillomaviridae
D002273:Carcinogens