Feline Leukemia Virus and Feline Immunodeficiency Virus ...

Additional Reading1. Levy JK: CVT Update: feline immunodeficiency virus In, JD Bonagura (ed): CurrentVeterinary Therapy XIII. WB Saunders, Philadephia. pp. 284-288, 2000.2. Levy JK, Crawford C, Hartmann K, et al: 2008 American Association of Feline Practitioners’feline retrovirus management guidelines. J Feline Med and Surg. (2008) 10, 300-316. (alsoavailable on-line at the AAFP official website: www.catvets.com)3. Leutenegger CM, Klein D, Hofmann-Lehmann R, et al: Rapid feline immunodeficiency virusprovirus quantitiation by polymerase chain reaction using the TaqMan® florigenic real-timedetection system. Journal of Virological Methods. 78:105-116, 1999.4. Zenger E: FIP, FeLV, and FIV: making a diagnosis. Feline Pract. 28:16-18, 2000.5.Hartmann K: Feline immunodeficiency virus infection-an overview. Vet J. 155:123-157, 1998.6. Hartmann K. Feline leukemia infection. Chapt. 11 and (Sellon and Haartmann) Chapt.12 InCE Greene (ed). Infectious Diseases of the Dog and Cat.4 th Ed. Saunders-Elsevier, St Louis.pp. 108-136 and 136-149, 2012. (comprehensive, in-depth presentation of FeLV and FIVinfection in cats).7. Hartmann K. Feline Leukemia Virus and Feline Immunodeficiency Virus. Chapt. 281 inCurrent Veterinary Therapy XIV. pp. 1278-1283, 2009.Updated February 2012Figure 1: FeLV Testing in the Clinical SettingORONASALINFECTIONusually viasalivaInfection is ‘ABORTED’.NO VIREMIA(uncommon)monocytestissueViremic Phase…typically lasts 3 to 6 weeks; notmore than 16 weeks.> Local lymphoid tissue> Circulating> Systemic lymphoid> Bone marrow