I
have 7 cats and none are vaccinated for FeV (Feline Aids), but if I move, then I'll have to do just that. I keep all my cats indoors, which means they are not exposed to other cats who might be infected. How FeV is transferred is, like Vic says, via cat fighting, but more commonly, it's simply through licking one another. Feline saliva is the culprit in most all cases of FeV. Recent events brought this fact home when a newly adopted kitty was taken to a vet for testing and neutering. Fast forward 4 weeks later and same kitty delivers 4 kittens and me going through the shock that my other cats could've been exposed to this terrible virus.
The case is now being investigated by our state's medical board, because I sure the hell complained about the vet.
The case is now being investigated by our state's medical board, because I sure the hell complained about the vet.
Lin
On Fri, Jun 7, 2013 at 3:06 PM, sactovic <sactovic@yahoo.com> wrote:
Cats are highly prone to getting into bloody fights with each other, especially males.
> OH that is right... our cat has claws but my daughter won't let him out because of feline AIDS... but the question to me is how they get it. Random sex with other cats? Our cat is fixed...neutered. So i am at a loss as to how they get it. Humans can get AIDs thru sexual contact, mother's milk, blood transfusions or dirty needles. But I can't see cats doing all this, especially not neutered grown up male cats. Allison> From: sactovic <sactovic@...>
>
>
> ________________________________> Â
> To: geology2@yahoogroups.com
> Sent: Friday, June 7, 2013 7:50 AM
> Subject: [Geology2] Re: The end is nigh, 2.5 billion years ago
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>
>> Not as much of a reach as you might think. There is a disease called feline immunodeficiency virus that affects many modern cats worldwide, and is closely related to human immunodeficiency virus.
>
> Vic
>> --- In geology2@yahoogroups.com, Allison Maricelli-Loukanis <allison.ann@> wrote:
> >
> > That sounds like a reach...I wouldn't think that AIDS info would come from a saber toothed cat...since I think it started out as a monkey disease. Allison
> >
> >
> > ________________________________
> > From: sactovic <sactovic@>> > To: geology2@yahoogroups.com> > ÂÂ
> > Sent: Thursday, June 6, 2013 1:14 PM
> > Subject: [Geology2] Re: The end is nigh, 2.5 billion years ago
> >
> >
> >> > I used to be a reporter and once wrote a story about a researcher who was trying to find some evidence in saber-toothed cat's bones from the La Brea tar pits that he hoped would shed some light on the origin of human AIDS. Don't know if he ever did, but the best part of the interview was his dscription of how much his student assistants HATED cleaning the tar off of those bones so they could be examined properly.> > > ÂÂÂ
> >
> > Vic
> >
> > --- In geology2@yahoogroups.com, Allison Maricelli-Loukanis <allison.ann@> wrote:
> > >
> > > Oh this was lovely... I would love to visit this place. Allison
> > >
> > >
> > > ________________________________
> > > From: Lin Kerns <linkerns@>
> > > To: Geology2 <geology2@yahoogroups.com>
> > > Sent: Wednesday, June 5, 2013 11:39 AM
> > > Subject: Re: [Geology2] Re: The end is nigh, 2.5 billion years ago
> > >
> > >
> > >> > > Yes, Vic... it's the LaBrea Tar Pits in LA. and they have their own website:> > > >ÂÂÂ
> > >
> > > http://www.tarpits.org/
> > >
> > >
> > > Enjoy,
> > >
> > >
> > > Lin
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > On Wed, Jun 5, 2013 at 8:42 AM, sactovic <sactovic@> wrote:
> > >
> > >> > > >Well done piece, except I can't find a reference to what museum she's talking about. I Presume it's the Page at the tar pits, but maybe not? Is there any other paleontology museum in LA or San Diego?> > > Canis lupus 101ÂÂÂ
> > > >
> > > >Vic
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >--- In geology2@yahoogroups.com, Lin Kerns <linkerns@> wrote:
> > > >>
> > > >> The end is nigh, 2.5 billion years ago
> > > >> By Minda Berbeco on June 4, 2013
> > > >>
> > > >
> > > > <http://mindaberbeco.scienceblog.com/category/uncategorized/>
> > > >
> > > >>
> > > >> Through my work in the sciences, I've found myself in some pretty cool
> > > >> places. Researching urban trees in Cuba (a clipboard in one hand, a cigar
> > > >> in the other), machete-ing my way through a tropical rainforest while being
> > > >> hunted by wild pigs, sipping lattes for hours and hours and hours and hours
> > > >> while writing all of that work up (a caffeine drip really would have been
> > > >> more helpful). But nowhere was as cool and interesting as my most recent
> > > >> position at a paleontology museum here in California, because let's be
> > > >> serious, dinosaurs rule.
> > > >>
> > > >>
> > > >
> > > >
> > >
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