How do cats get FIV? Is it the same way humans get HIV? And what are the signs that a cat is FIV+??
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How do cats get FIV? Is it the same way humans get HIV? And what are the signs that a cat is FIV+??
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FIV
Above is good article on the subject.
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FIV is transmitted through exchange of saliva during a deep, penetrating bites. It can be gotten through a blood transfusion. And if I am correct, also when cats mate.
Cats should be tested to see if they have the FIV virus in their systems. Because as I have been reading, clinical signs usually don't surface until late in the progression of the disease.
FIV is just a virus that supresses the immune system.....which means that cat cannot fight off infection as well as a NON- FIV+ cat.
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