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Detection of maedi-visna virus in the liver and heart of naturally infected sheep.

Immune response to maedi-visna virus.

Effects of fixative type and fixation time on the detection of Maedi Visna virus by PCR and immunohistochemistry in paraffin-embedded ovine lung samples.

Serum containing ovine IgG2 antibody specific for maedi visna virus envelope glycoprotein mediates antibody dependent cellular cytotoxicity.

Prevalence of maedi-visna infection in culled ewes in Alberta.

Detection of maedi-visna virus in the kidneys of naturally infected sheep.

Horizontal Maedi-Visna virus (MVV) infection in adult dairy-sheep raised under varying MVV-infection pressures investigated by ELISA and PCR.

PCR detection of colostrum-associated Maedi-Visna virus (MVV) infection and relationship with ELISA-antibody status in lambs.

Maedi-visna virus infection of ovine mammary epithelial cells.

Extensive rearing hinders Maedi-Visna Virus (MVV) infection in sheep.

Evaluation of an ELISA to detect antibodies to maedi-visna virus in individual and pooled samples of milk from sheep.

Establishment of a maedi-visna-free flock after the purchase of infected sheep.

Mucosal immunization of sheep with a Maedi-Visna virus (MVV) env DNA vaccine protects against early MVV productive infection.

Relative contribution of colostrum from Maedi-Visna virus (MVV) infected ewes to MVV-seroprevalence in lambs.

Diagnostic tests for small ruminant lentiviruses.

Maedi-visna virus and its relationship to human immunodeficiency virus.

Colostral transmission of maedi visna virus: sites of viral entry in lambs born from experimentally infected ewes.

Genomic characterization of a slow/low maedi visna virus.

Direct evidence for natural transmission of small-ruminant lentiviruses of subtype A4 from goats to sheep and vice versa.

Testing for maedi-visna.