leukosis

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Related to leukosis: Leucosis, lymphoid leukosis

leukosis

[lü′kō·səs]

(medicine)

An excess of white blood cells.

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The present survey showed that free-ranging chickens of Anhui province have been exposed to lymphoid leukosis virus subgroup A, indicating a high risk factor for poultry industry.

Sero-prevalence and Pathological Examination of Lymphoid Leukosis Virus Subgroup A in Chickens in Anhui Province, China

Hematological changes associated with enzootic bovine leukosis in cattle from Timis County.

Determinacion de la seroprevalencia del virus de la leucemia bovina en un establo lechero de Lima, Peru

Part 2: suitable for the detection of antibodies from milk as enzootic bovine leukosis virus (BLV) ELISA test against;

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In 1970, MC29 avian leukosis virus (an RNA virus) was found to cause mesotheliomas in 35% of chickens inoculated with the virus into the peritoneal, pericardial, and air sac cavities.

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It is mentioned as a vector of a role of diseases (Avian leukosis, Gumboro, Marek's, and Newcastle disease, smallpox, Avian influenza, coronavirus, and other bacterial diseases) (Watson et al.

Deteccion de nematodos entomopatogenos (Rhabditida: Heterorhabditidae y Steinernematidae) para el control del escarabajo menor de la harina Alphitobius diaperinus (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae)

Lymphoid leukosis in Asian Houbara Bustards in the U.

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He discusses how experimental leukemia research started and developed, the progress of cancer concepts, early research, research on avian leukosis and sarcoma virus, mouse and rat viruses, studies on stem cells and cytokines, viral and chemical carcinogenesis, cell cycle control and centrosome, important oncogenes and suppressor genes and the related cell biology, skin carcinogenesis, DNA viruses, and the common pathway for retroviruses and chemicals.

Experimental leukemia; history, biology and genetics

The physical transition from corruption to purity, from nigredo to leukosis, is evident in the restoration of "la neige des chairs" (2: 86).

The bed and the book: J.-K. Huysmans's crucibles of suffering

Bovine leukosis virus Understanding viral transmission and the methods of control.

Linfoma multicentrico o linfosarcoma multicentrico en bufalo de agua (bubalus buballs): estudio anatomopatologico. reporte de un caso

Avian leukosis (loo-ko-sihs) Marek's disease and lymphoid leukosis are two forms of avian leukosis, and are caused by different viruses.

Chapter 7 Animal disease and parasites

Some of the samples collected for brucellosis were also tested to demonstrate freedom from enzootic bovine leukosis (EBL) and warble fly, and therefore this surveillance will also cease.

Protecting UK cattle from brucellosis

Irrefutable evidence does confirm that the nonhuman retroviruses avian leukosis virus (ALV), bovine leukemia virus (BLV), feline leukemia virus (FeLV), and murine leukemia virus (MuLV) induce lymphoproliferative disease in birds, cattle, cats, and mice, respectively; all are usually associated with T-cell leukemias.

Infectious etiologies of childhood leukemia: plausibility and challenges to proof