Tag Archives: Dr. Julie Levy

Aug200928

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Feline Immunodeficiency Virus (FIV)

Feline Immunodeficiency Virus (FIV) is in the same family, Retroviridae, as Feline Leukemia Virus (FeLV).  Therefore, they share certain characteristics, such as the ability to suppress a cat’s immune system and to initiate and allow the growth and spread of cancer.  The virus was discovered in 1986. FIV is known as the virus of unfriendly [...]

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Feline Leukemia Virus (FeLV)

Feline Leukemia Virus. Few words are scarier to a cat lover than those. And, with good reason, even though a positive Feline Leukemia Virus test is not always a death sentence. Let’s look at both the disease and testing in detail. Feline Leukemia Virus (FeLV) is a retrovirus, meaning that it uses an enzyme called [...]