• Bovine Leukemia Virus is transmitted between animals by blood, as it is carried in blood cells. Needles for injection, dehorning and castration tool and tattoo pliers all have been implicated ...

AUSTIN (CBSDFW.COM) - University of Texas mascot BEVO XIV, has been diagnosed with Bovine Leukemia Virus and is being retired effective immediately, the University said Tuesday.

Bovine leukosis is caused by the Bovine Leukemia Virus, a retrovirus which causes cancer in cattle and is a close relative to cancer-causing retroviruses in other species such as avian leukosis in ...

• Bovine Leukemia Virus causes lymphoma tumors in a small number of infected animals, with studies reporting tumors in less than 5 percent of infected animals (rarely, a 10 percent rate of ...