Bovine leukemia virus (BLV), an oncogenic retrovirus of the genus Deltaretrovirus, infects bovine lymphocytes and is the etiologic agent of bovine leukosis. The objective of this study was to test the association between BLV status when classified by 3 different methods (ELISA, qPCR, and proviral load (PVL)) with fertility of beef cattle.
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