If you own a cat you should know some cat health problems . Most common cat health problems is the hairball. Cats groom themselves constantly with their tongues. The loose hair comes off on their tongues and is swallowed. Sometimes the hair gradually forms into a ball instead of passing through the cat’s body. If [...]
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Feline Immunodeficiency Virus
December 4th, 2010 
pet-admin What is Feline Immunodeficiency Virus? Virologists classify feline immunodeficiency virus (FIV) as a lentivirus (or “slow virus”). FIV is in the same retrovirus family as feline leukemia virus (FeLV), but the viruses differ in many ways including their shape. FIV is elongated, while FeLV is more circular. The two viruses are also quite different genetically, [...]
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No Comments »HIV AIDS -can dogs and cats get infected ?
August 7th, 2007 pet-admin There is some confusion regarding the difference between human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and feline immunodeficiency virus (FIV). These are entirely different viruses and there has been no indication in the literature that these strains of virus can cross react. The FIV virus has been used as a model for studying the human infection and this [...]
