The domestic cat has offered enormous genomic potential in the veterinary description of over 250 hereditary disease models as well as the occurrence of several deadly feline viruses (feline leukemia virus -- FeLV, feline coronavirus -- FECV, feline immunodeficiency virus - FIV) that are homologues to human scourges (cancer, SARS, and AIDS respectively).
However, with the exception of a canine calicivirus, strain 48 (9 ), the caliciviruses detected in dogs have been feline viruses (6, 7 ).
Infections with common feline viruses were rare (28 ), and seropositivity to Toxoplasma gondii was more common among lynx from central Sweden than from farther north, where the climate is more harsh and the human population less dense (29 ).
We also used Bayesian cluster models for genetic data to investigate the spatial structure of the feline immunodeficiency virus with virus genetic sequence data.
These viruses include feline panleukopenia virus, canine parvovirus, chicken parvovirus, and bovine parvovirus.
SARS is accounted for, as are more obscure pathogens, such as feline leukemia virus, Mason-Pfizer monkey virus, and simian foamy virus, which is endemic in African apes.
Non-primate lentiviral vector systems derived from feline immunodeficiency virus (FIV), equine infectious anemia virus (EIAV), and visna/maedi virus (VMV) have also been described in the chapter.
The Felis lineage has suffered invasions by viruses from three subfamilies of the retroviridae; the spumavirus FeFV (feline foamy virus), the gammaretrovirus FeLV (feline leukaemia virus), and the lentivirus FIV (feline immunodeficiency virus).
Laboratory diagnosis of feline leukemia virus (FeLV) and feline immunodeficiency virus (FIV) usually involves both viruses, as the clinical signs are similar and coinfection may occur.
Finally, 6.3% and 7.9% cats tested positive for feline leukaemia virus and feline immunodeficiency virus, respectively.
