title: Surveillance of Jaagsiekte sheep retrovirus in sheep in Hokkaido, the northern island of Japan.
abstract: Surveillance of jaagsiekte sheep retrovirus (JSRV) infection was performed by polymerase chain reaction (PCR) of blood DNA samples collected from 40 sheep and goats in 10 different flocks in Hokkaido, the northern island of Japan. No exogenous (oncogenic) JSRV sequence was detected by PCR in these samples, while the ovine endogenous retrovirus sequence was successfully amplified in all samples. Our paper is the first demonstration of JSRV surveillance in Japan and shows no evidence of oncogenic JSRV infection in sheep and goats in Hokkaido.
authors.affiliation: Division of Molecular Immunology, Institute for Genetic Medicine, HokkaidoUniversity, Kita-15, Nishi-7, Kita-ku, Sapporo 060–0815, Japan.
authors.forename: Naoyoshi
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Maeda
authors.forename: Yasuo
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Inoshima
authors.forename: Satoshi
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Oouchi
authors.forename: Toshimitsu
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Uede
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D004279:DNA, Viral / Q000032:analysis; D005260:Female; D006041:Goats; D022141:Jaagsiekte sheep retrovirus / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D007564:Japan / Q000453:epidemiology; D008297:Male; D017720:Molecular Epidemiology; D011159:Population Surveillance; D011648:Pulmonary Adenomatosis, Ovine / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000821:virology; D012756:Sheep
chemical_list: D004279:DNA, Viral