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==Treatment and Control==

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The Incidence of Bovine immunodeficiency virus appears to be low (1%) although can reach >15 % in some herds.

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The Incidence of Bovine immunodeficiency virus appears to be low (1%) although can reach >15 % in some herds. Due to the unkown prevelance of the virus in most herds, prevention and control methods are not widely practiced. Treatment is symptomatic.

==References==

* Merck & Co (2008) '''The Merck Veterinary Manual (Eighth Edition)''' ''Merial''

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*Marie-Claude St-Louis, Mihaela Cojocariu and Denis Archambault (2004). The molecular biology of bovine immunodeficiency virus: a comparison with other lentiviruses. '''Animal Health Research Reviews''' 5, pp 125-143

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