SERUM IMMUNOGLOBULIN CONCENTRATIONS OF CATTLE IN A HERD WITH BOVINE LEUKOSIS

  • 1 January 1977
    • journal article
    • research article
    • Vol. 38  (6) , 771-774
Abstract
A consistent relationship could not be found between the serum concentrations of immunoglobulin [Ig]M and IgG and the concentration of blood lymphocytes (Bendixen index) in 289 Holstein-Friesian heifers and cows from a dairy herd in which bovine lymphoma was identified repeatedly. Serum IgM was present in all cattle, those cows with the highest concentrations of blood lymphocytes generally had higher levels of IgM.