Leucosis
For human beings, see Leukemia.
Leucosis is a leukemia-like malignant viral disease that is found in animals, particularly poultry and cattle.
Types of leucosis
- Bovine leucosis
- Enzootic Bovine Leucosis (see German Wikipedia and Merck Veterinary manual)
- Other bovines leucosis
- Sporadic bovine leucosis
- Sporadic bovine leucosis or calf lymphosarcoma
- Leucosis in pig
- Leucosis in horses
- Leucosis in sheep [1]
- Feline leucosis
- Avian leucosis and related diseases
- Avian sarcoma leukosis virus
- Lymphoid Leucosis
- Erythroblastosis
- Osteopetrosis
- Myeloblastose
- Myelocytomatosis... [2]
- Avian sarcoma leukosis virus
References
- ↑ D.C. Blood; J.A. Henderson; O.M. Radostits (1979). Veterinary Medicine (5th ed.). London: Baillière Tindall. pp. 611–612. ISBN 0-7020-0718-8.
- ↑ H. Graham Purchase and L.N. Payne, Leukosis/sarcoma Group, in Diseases of poultry, ed. by M.S. Hofstad, Iowa State University Press, Ames, Iowa, USA ISBN 0-8138-0430-2, p. 360-405
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