Characteristics of Bovine Lymphoma Caused by Bovine Leukemia Virus Infection in Holstein-Friesian Dairy Cattle in Korea

Abstract

Samples were obtained from slaughtered cattle, and from cattle submitted for disease diagnosis to the Pathology division, National Veterinary Research Quarantine Service (NVRQS), Korea. Four lymphoma-suspected samples were collected at NVRQS diagnostic laboratory from January 1993 to June 2004 and 43 samples at abattoir from January 2002 to June 2004.