title: Serological survey for bovine immunodeficiency virus in dairy cattle from Poland.
abstract: A seroprevalence study of bovine immunodeficiency virus (BIV) was undertaken on 1,541 serum samples from Holstein cattle from 23 herds, located in different geographical regions of Poland. The analysis was performed using ELISA, with recombinant Gag protein of BIV as antigen. The average BIV prevalence was 4.9% in individual cattle, while the percentage of herds harboring at least one seropositive animal, was 82.6%. To demonstrate the correlation of BIV and bovine leukemia virus infection, all sera were analysed for BLV antibodies and there was only a slight association between both infections. Overall, these results show that BIV infection is present in dairy cattle in Poland at a prevalence rate found in other European countries.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biochemistry, National Veterinary Research Institute, Al. Partyzantow 57, 24-100 Pulawy, Poland.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Rola-Łuszczak
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Kozaczyńska
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Kuźmak
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000914:Antibodies, Viral / Q000097:blood*; D002417:Cattle; D002418:Cattle Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000821:virology*; D003612:Dairying; D004797:Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay; D016087:Immunodeficiency Virus, Bovine / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D016180:Lentivirus Infections / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000662:veterinary* / Q000821:virology; D011044:Poland / Q000453:epidemiology; D016036:Seroepidemiologic Studies; D012698:Serologic Tests
chemical_list: D000914:Antibodies, Viral