| seroprevalence of dirofilaria immitis, feline leukemia virus, and feline immunodeficiency virus infection among dogs and cats exported from the 2005 gulf coast hurricane disaster area. | to determine seroprevalence of dirofilariasis in dogs and seroprevalences of dirofilariasis, felv infection, and fiv infection in cats exported from the gulf coast region following the 2005 hurricanes. | 2007 | 17630887 |
| pathogenesis of a texas feline immunodeficiency virus isolate: an emerging subtype of clade b. | we have recently provided evidence that texas feline immunodeficiency virus (fiv-tx) isolates are an emerging subtype sharing a common ancestry with clade b isolates. specific, pathogen-free cats were infected, intravenously, with 500, 2000 or 8000tcid(50) of the fiv-tx53 virus to study the acute stage of infection. infection of cats resulted in lymphadenopathy at 10 days post-infection (p.i.). by 7 weeks p.i., gag specific antibody could be detected from sera of all infected cats. virus could b ... | 2006 | 16574348 |
| feline immunodeficiency virus and puma lentivirus in florida panthers (puma concolor coryi): epidemiology and diagnostic issues. | this study documents the seroprevalence of feline immunodeficiency virus (fiv) and puma lentivirus (plv) in free-ranging and captive florida panthers (puma concolor coryi) (n = 51) and translocated texas cougars (p. concolor stanleyana) (n = 10) from 1985 to 1998. the sera were tested for anti-fiv antibodies by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (elisa) and western blot tests. the elisas were read kinetically (kela) and the sera were retrospectively examined by plv peptide elisa. eleven panthers ... | 2006 | 16437306 |
| phylogenetic analyses of texas isolates indicate an evolving subtype of the clade b feline immunodeficiency viruses. | rigorous phylogenetic analyses were used to compare the nucleotide sequences of feline immunodeficiency virus strains isolated from texas and throughout the world. the envelope v3-v4 sequences and capsid gene of the texas isolates formed a cluster between subtypes b and e. statistical comparisons with other published sequences confirmed that the texas group is a unique cluster, possibly a new subtype, arising from subtype b. | 2004 | 14747582 |
| implementation of a feral cat management program on a university campus. | in august 1998, texas am university implemented on campus a trap-test-vaccinate-alter-return-monitor (ttvarm) program to manage the feral cat population. ttvarm is an internationally recognized term for trapping and neutering programs aimed at management of feral cat populations. in this article we summarize results of the program for the period august 1998 to july 2000. in surgery laboratories, senior veterinary students examined cats that were humanely trapped once a month and tested them for ... | 2002 | 12738586 |
| epizootiologic association between feline immunodeficiency virus infection and feline leukemia virus seropositivity. | five hundred twenty-one feline serum samples submitted to the texas veterinary medical diagnostic laboratory between nov 1, 1988, and jan 31, 1989 were tested for antibody to feline immunodeficiency virus (fiv) by use of an elisa. the prevalence of fiv infection in this population was 11.3% (95% confidence interval: 8.6 to 14.0%). serologic test results for felv were available for 156 of the 521 cats. a significant (p = 0.008) association between fiv infection and felv seropositivity was observe ... | 1990 | 2166726 |