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Selecting and interpreting diagnostic tests for FeLV is complicated by the fact that cats are quite variable in their response to FeLV infection. Following initial exposure to the virus, some cats have a robust immune response, completely eliminate the virus, and are cured and immune from future infection. This is…

FeLV Case Challenges Decoding FeLV infection status with serial test panels Ocho Rios, Crayola, Monsoon, and T-Rex are 4 of the 127 FeLV+ cats in the FeLV Lifetime Study. Their test panel results are displayed in the “cat wheels” below. Identifying risk for early mortality Testing for proviral…

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Case challenges: The FeLV screening test is positive – now what? Ocho Rios Ocho Rios is an approximately 6-year-old neutered male cat. He was transferred from another animal shelter into the FeLV adoption program. On entry to the shelter, Ocho Rios…

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Dezubiria P, Amirian ES, Spera K, Crawford PC and Levy JK. Animal shelter management of feline leukemia virus and feline immunodeficiency virus infections in cats.  Front. Vet. Sci. 2023 9:1003388. doi: 10.3389/fvets.2022.1003388…