Fig. 2

Comparison of distribution of measured values by clinical state 2 Distribution of measured values of a tLDH, b LDH1, c LDH2, d LDH3, e LDH4, and f LDH5. Each marker was compared by clinical status as follows. Non-infected: cattle not infected with bovine leukemia virus (BLV); AL: aleukemic cattle; PL: persistent lymphocytosis cattle; EBL: cattle affected with BLV-induced lymphoma. Measured values were transformed to common logarithms (log10). * indicates significant difference between EBL cattle and non-EBL cattle according to Mann-Whitney test (p < 0.05). Same letters indicate significant differences between BLV infection statuses as determined with the Kruskal-Wallis test and subsequent Bonferroni’s multiple comparisons test (p < 0.05)