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From: boulder!boulder!binkley@ncar.UCAR.EDU (Jon Binkley)
Newsgroups: sci.med.aids
Subject: Re: Feline Aids
Summary: Feline leukemia?
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Date: 10 Jul 89 18:17:26 GMT
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Feline leukemia makes cats immuno-deficient, is always fatal,
is highly contagious (among cats only!), and is now preventable.

Could this be what the cat actually has? It would not suprise me
if the brainless news media or some condescending vetranarians
would refer to it as feline AIDS.

There is a vaccination series consisting of 3 initial shots followed
by a yearly booster which prevents feline leukemia.

Jon Binkley