Talk:Feline immunodeficiency virus
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Article Grading: The following comments were left by the quality and importance raters: (edit · refresh) "FIV infected cats are often unnecessarily euthanised."
The only sure way to save an FIV infected cat, and to keep the infection from passing on, is to quarantine that individual cat alone in a house. Since most owners aren't willing to give away one cat when the other will soon experience pain, they decide on murder. Honestly, since you never know how sick a cat is really feeling (cats tend to accept constant inflicting pain and give off minimal signs), it's better to end the suffering before it begins. By the way, it's euthanized, not euthanised. 69.244.142.61 22:41, 7 March 2007 (UTC) Actually, both spellings are correct. You do realize (realise) that Americans and much of the rest of the world spell several groups of words (-er/re, -or/our, and -ize/ise endings in particular) differently right? You probably should before you make spelling-nazi remarks (a simple correction edit would have sufficed). That said I agree with what you say about the "unnecessary" killing of cats. The necessity of killing a sick cat is largely up to opinion and situation, and thus not NPOV. I have removed the word unnecessary from the article.--129.128.147.200 17:59, 10 October 2007 (UTC) |
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Do we really need mention of FIV in a SNL sketch included in this article? FelineAvenger 03:46, 15 December 2005 (UTC)
Could someone clarify whether it's transmitted upon sex? Tokek 08:55, 19 March 2006 (UTC)
It's not clear, Tokek. When a male cat mates a female he often bites her on the back of her neck. If the virus has been passed on, it's difficult to tell if it it was through the bite wound or via seminal fluid. Angelicakrasia 18:33, 25 July 2006 (UTC)
The article mentions there is a vaccine available for FIV, but that is incorrect and if it's not no one else knows about it. My cat was diagnosed and there is no vaccine available for it in the US.
- I've removed that statement. It was probably inserted by an editor who confuses this with feline leukemia. Durova 17:29, 8 September 2006 (UTC)
there is not a vaccine that can cure this virus. but there is a preventable vaccine . (above added by anony)
I don't know for sure what the answer is. But vaccine's are generally prophylactic and it would be surprising if there was a theurapeutic vaccine. As such, it's not surprising that your vet said there was no cure when your cat was diagnosed but it doesn't mean there isn't a vaccine. A quick google suggests there is a vaccine 203.109.240.93 17:45, 25 January 2007 (UTC)
There is a prophylactic vaccine available. The problem is that there are lots of different "strains" of the virus and all are not covered. Also, the tests we have for FIV can only look for the antibody, so if a cat has been vaccinated, it will come up positive whether it has the disease or not. Because of the limited spectrum and the confusion it can cause in the future, many vets do not recommend the vaccine.
[edit] where and when did this start
Seriously it says that 86 is when feline aids was seen in feral cats, but where was it before? What mutated to create feline aids?66.41.66.213 01:43, 16 February 2007 (UTC)
Aids has been in lions and such for as long as anyone can tell. they think it mutated from the big cats to infect the domestic ones as well. Many vets have come to the conclusion that it is not transmitted by sex, just by saliva and milk from the mother.--Mitzei 20:33, 25 February 2007 (UTC)
There is a vaccine available for FIV, but not many vets will recommend it as it is not proven to prevent FIV and after vaccination your pet will show positive for FIV in the basic blood tests used to check for the disease. 12.40.84.157 18:33, 13 April 2007 (UTC) JW
[edit] feline aids
Q: can a dog get infected by a cat with feline aids? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 70.149.101.6 (talk) 19:54, 9 May 2007 (UTC).
A: Yes, if your dog is actually a cat. Ask your vet to check.--129.128.147.200 17:46, 10 October 2007 (UTC)
