Feline immunodeficiency virus (FIV) is one of the most common and consequential infectious diseases of cats around the world. In infected cats, FIV attacks the immune system, leaving the cat vulnerable to many other infections.

The FIV screening test (see below) detects antibodies that have been formed in your cat's blood because of infection with the feline immunodeficiency virus. An FIV-positive diagnosis means that your cat has been infected by the virus, but it may be years, if ever, before your cat develops the clinical signs referred to as feline AIDS.

Feline Immunodeficiency Virus (FIV) is a retrovirus belonging to the lentivirus subfamily. It infects the cells of a cat’s immune system and can kill, damage, or affect the cells’ normal functions. In short: It can compromise the immune system. FIV only affects cats and cannot be spread to humans or other animals. How Is FIV Spread?

FIV stands for feline immunodeficiency virus and is the same class of virus as HIV. FIV is a retrovirus that typically causes a weakening of the cat’s immune system.

FIV is found in cat populations worldwide. Transmission mostly occurs through bite wounds because the FIV virus is contained in the blood, saliva, and cerebrospinal fluid of infected cats. The virus is fragile outside the body and does not survive in the environment, so transmission rarely occurs through close contact alone.

Feline immunodeficiency virus (FIV) decreases the function of the immune system of domestic and wild cats. FIV-infected cats are more like to acquire other types of infections that can affect other parts of the body, including the gums, mouth, digestive tract, urinary tract, and skin.

Virologists classify FIV as a lentivirus, a slow-acting organism that is in the same viral family as the potentially deadly human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), says Dr. Levy, associate professor of small animal internal medicine at the University of Florida's College of Veterinary Medicine.

2002年11月5日 · FIV stands for feline immunodeficiency virus, just as HIV stands for human immunodeficiency virus. In fact, these two viruses are closely related, and much of the general information that has become common knowledge for HIV also holds true for FIV.

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FIV is shed in the saliva of infected cats, so the disease is spread through bite wounds. The disease is seen more often in un-neutered stray. or feral male cats, since fighting is more common among these cats. Transmission can also occur from an infected mother to her kittens, either while in the womb or through ingestion of milk during nursing.