I've read this too, MC, that FELV is considered a closer analogy to
HIV...
Gloria
On Aug 10, 2009, at 10:07 AM, MaryChristine wrote:
wow, hebert, thank you for these great posts! (and your english is
better
than many who claim to be native speakers.)
i have always been under the impression, tho, that FIV, not FeLV, was
considered by researchers to be more analogous to HIV/AIDS (an early
hypothesis which i believe has been adequately disproven), even tho it
appears to those of us who aren't scientists but have done the best
reading
they can that FeLV is much closer in manner of transmission,
manifestation,
and course.
gary, have pedersen or levy done any work with this? they're the two
folks,
off-hand, that i can think of who have consistently continued actually
researching FeLV--susan little, as well, seems to have been fairly
on top of
what research is going on..... might they know about any researchers
currently working on this?
i remember when i first got involved with FeLV, from living at a
sanctuary,
and i was asking why no one was doing safe, minimally invasive
research on
the three main populations of FeLVs in the countries, at that time
Best
Friends, us, and Angel Wings (in terms of population size)--i was
told then
that answering the questions that folks on this list and others were
already
asking would probably require catching the interest of a drug
company, as
private or academic researchers wouldn't likely have the
funding..... (back
to my usual comment about how difficult it is to do research on a
population
that is regularly treated by immediate euthanasia.)
i'm not sure how many folks here really realize that a great deal of
research on genetic conditions in cats could not have come about
without the
involvement--and fundraising--on the part of breeders, determined to
eradicate killers in their own breeds (HCM in maine coons and bengals
immediately comes to mind.) FeLV owners aren't as identifiable an
entity as
cattery owners, and while their emotional investment is just as
great, i'm
not sure how to mobilize "us" to perhaps do the same for this
illness.....
--
Spay & Neuter Your Neighbors!
Maybe That'll Make The Difference....
MaryChristine
Special-Needs Coordinator, Purebred Cat Breed Rescue (www.purebredcats.org
)
Member, SCAT (Special-Cat Action Team)
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