Emerging Trends in Epidemiology, Diagnosis and Control of Bovine Leukemia Virus

The bovine leukemia virus (BLV) is responsible for the enzootic bovine leukosis, an infectious lympho-proliferative disease of the cattle. This can result in economic fatalities for the cattle industry as it is responsible for the low productivity and low milk production, higher early culling in turn increasing the death rates with high charges on the prevention measures of the outbreaks. This chapter summarizes the occurrence, diagnosis, preventative, and therapeutic approaches in managing bovine leukemia.