----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Tad Burnett" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Wednesday, December 08, 2004 12:46 PM
Subject: Re: contagiousness of FELV and other thoughts.../strain


> And if a strain is not contagious how is it spread ???
> Tad

All FeLV-infected cats are infected with FeLV-A -- which is contagious.
FeLV-B and FeLV-C are generated within the infected cat and are not
transmitted.  A unique FeLV-B is created each time FeLV-A recombines with
enFeLV SU gp70 sequences already present within the cat's cellular DNA.

 Ong


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