Feline Leukemia: How You Can Protect Your Feline Friend
LEUKEMIA FACTS
- Feline Leukemia is a form of CANCER!
It may affect the blood, internal organs, or form tumors.
- Feline Leukemia is HIGHLY CONTAGIOUS from cat to cat.
- Licking, sneezing, fighting, sharing food bowls, or sharing litter
pans may spread it.
- It is estimated that 30% of all stray cats are infected today.
- It is one of the MAJOR causes of death in cats today.
- It primarily affects the cat by DECREASING THE RESISTANCE
of the cat to other diseases. It acts very similar to the aids virus
in humans.
- Diagnosis is made by clinical signs and a blood test.
- There is NO SUCCESSFUL TREATMENT!
- The virus does NOT live outside the cat's body over 2-3 days.
- It is the CLOSEST RELATED VIRUS to the AIDS VIRUS of
people known today! However, it is NOT CONTAGIOUS to
humans.
- Due to the seriousness of this disease, we HIGHLY
RECOMMEND THAT ALL CATS are vaccinated! Once the
disease is contracted there is NO cure!
- Research evidence to date shows NO possibility that Feline
Leukemia is transmissible to humans


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