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Mon Aug-01-05 11:56 PM
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Edited on Mon Aug-01-05 11:59 PM by friesianrider
Most times cats with Felv are just carriers and have no symptoms. Let me check on that.
On edit: checked with my Mom (she works with a rescue that specializes in felv cats) and said that felv is spread by saliva, but it is extremely rare to be spread by saliva just by licking the same food dish or whatever. It is usually only transmitted through bites that puncture the skin and saliva enters the bloodstream that way. As long as they aren't at each others throats it likely isn't a problem.
For the record, we have had an felv cat with non-felv cats for 12 years and all are still negative except for that original one.
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