Dairy Cows Experimentally Infected With Bovine Leukemia Virus Showed an Increased Milk Production in Lactation Numbers 3–4: A 4-Year Longitudinal Study

Bovine leukemia virus (BLV) is widespread in global cattle populations, but the effects of its infection on milk quantity and quality have not been clearly elucidated in animal models. In this study, 30 healthy first-lactation cows were selected from ≈2,988 cows in a BLV-free farm with the same crit...

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Main Authors: Yi Yang, Zaicheng Gong, Yi Lu, Xubin Lu, Jilei Zhang, Ye Meng, Yalan Peng, Shuangfeng Chu, Wenqiang Cao, Xiaoli Hao, Jie Sun, Heng Wang, Aijian Qin, Chengming Wang, Shaobin Shang, Zhangping Yang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2022-07-01
Series:Frontiers in Microbiology
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Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fmicb.2022.946463/full