Molecular characterization of bovine leukemia virus detected in dairy cattle herds from the Emirate of Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
Nabeeha A. Hassan, Hassan Z. Ishag, Asha Anthony, Aboma Zewude, Anthony W. Wamono, Ibrahim M. Abdalla-Alfaki, Amira Mohammed, Persabiel Tesfay, Lamek Shikoray, Hend A. M. Almohsen, Yousef M. Alramahi, Meera S. AlKalbani, Oum K. Bensalah, Shamma A. Alnaqbi, Mohammed S. AlBreiki, Asma Mohammed A. Shah · 2025
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Nabeeha Hassan and co-authors take the genetic fingerprints of a cattle virus spreading through Abu Dhabi dairy herds. Bovine leukemia virus causes a costly, slow-burning blood cancer disease in cattle, and while antibodies had been found in the emirate before, the local strains were unmapped. The team screened blood from seven hundred eighty-two cattle across eleven farms.
About a third of the animals carried antibodies, and viral genes turned up in roughly half of those. Sequencing a stretch of the virus coat gene showed the local strains are near twins of each other. All fall in genotype four, kin to strains from Belgium, Russia, and Vietnam. The authors call for a national control policy and cross-border teamwork on herd health.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Nabeeha A. Hassan, Hassan Z. Ishag, Asha Anthony, Aboma Zewude, Anthony W. Wamono, Ibrahim M. Abdalla-Alfaki, Amira Mohammed, Persabiel Tesfay, Lamek Shikoray, Hend A. M. Almohsen, Yousef M. Alramahi, Meera S. AlKalbani, Oum K. Bensalah, Shamma A. Alnaqbi, Mohammed S. AlBreiki, Asma Mohammed A. Shah |
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| YEAR | 2025 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 48 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |