Title: Risk assessment for interspecies transmission of enzootic bovine leukemia
Abstract: Abstract Conducted three series of infecting the rabbits with bovine leukemia virus (BLV) using milk and blood from cows having enzootic leukemia with different doses of infecting material and different mode of administration showed a high degree of repeatability of the experiment. The obtained results testify to the ability of BLV to successfully overcome the interspecific barrier when ingested by an alimentary pathway with milk, as well as by the direct injection of infected lymphocytes into the bloodstream.