feline Leukemia

The virus of the feline leukemia transmits itself between the adult cats by the saliva and in the small ones, the mother becomes ill infects them through the placenta in the gestation and of milk in the lactancia and is important cause of disease and mortality in domestic cats.

The development of the disease can follow three ways depending on the sanitary and immunological state of the animal:

• They do not become infected because the exhibition to the virus was insufficient or its immunological system rejects it.
• They develop the disease and the death takes place between the 6 and 36 months since the exhibition to the virus was originated.
• They are infected, but its inmunlógico system does not leave is developed the disease and are carrying latent of the disease but without showing it, becoming negative to the virus with time.

This virus causes the appearance of tumorlike diseases that affect the lymphatic denominated linfosarcomas with different locations in the organism and nontumorlike ganglia like reproductive anemia, problems, oral ulcers, hepáticos problems and diseases several.

An effective treatment does not exist, but it is possible to be prolonged the life of the patient with a care of support by means of antibiotics, hidroterapia, vitamins, inmunoestimulantes and a good nutrition can prolong the survival.
Linfosarcoma that does not treat is mortal in 1 or 2 months, but the chemotherapy anticancer, the x-ray, can induce to an improvement and until remission in some cats.
Also it is used as alternative treatment and of support the inmunoterapia.

The most indicated it is a good prevention by means of the vaccination, to restrict the exit of the cats outside the house to reduce the possibility of I infect, and measured of control to diminish the dissemination of the virus in deposits and pensions.

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