Feline Immunodeficiency Virus

Feline Immunodeficiency Virus

Feline Immunodeficiency Virus is also known as Feline Aids, it affects 11 percent all domestic cats worldwide. It is also affects wild cats though they do not appear to show any symptoms. Feline Immunodeficiency Virus is a lentivirus, (characterized by having a slow incubation period) and is also part of the retrovirus family, which includes Feline Leukemia. [h]Causes[/h] Feline Immunodeficiency Virus evades the cat's immune system where it attacks several cell types of lymphocytes which are white blood cells responsible for aiding the immune system; CD4+ and CD8, T lymphocytes and B lympthocytes which produces antigens to ward off foreign bodies. It also attacks microphages, (cells that seek and destroy foreign toxins). Thus this virus destroys the very cells that protect the animal against foreign bodies and renders it susceptible to several kinds of invading viruses and bacteria from the environment. [...]

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