Interactions between bovine retroviruses and the host immune system

Abstract

V introduction 85 Materials and Methods 88 Animals and virus inoculations 88 Peripheral blood cell counts 89 Vaccinations Serology 91 Isolation of PBMC 92 Lymphocyte proliferation assays 93 Mixed leukocyte reactions Statistical analysis 94 Results Confimnation of viral infection Clinical monitoring Peripheral blood counts Humoral responses to tetanus toxoid Lymphocyte proliferation Effect of BLV infection on immune responses to BHV1 104