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. 2016 Jun 2;2016:9170167. doi: 10.1155/2016/9170167

Table 1.

Seroprevalence of bovine leukemia virus (BLV) infection in yaks in Gansu province, northwestern China, by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA).

Factor Category No. tested No. positive Prevalence (%)
Gender Male 471 112 23.78
Female 1113 222 19.95

Age (years) 0 < years ≤ 1 286 57 19.93
1 < years ≤ 3 594 123 20.71
3 < years ≤ 5 355 89 25.07
5 < years 349 65 18.63

Pregnancy ≤2 854 171 20.02
3–5 189 38 20.11
≥6 70 13 18.57

Season Spring 428 99 23.13
Summer 354 70 19.77
Autumn 467 105 22.48
Winter 335 60 17.91

Species White yaks 974 186 19.10
Black yaks 610 148 24.26

Region Tianzhu 974 186 19.10
Luqu 146 33 22.60
Maqu 464 115 24.78

Total 1584 334 21.09