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From: peter@graffiti.UUCP (Peter da Silva)
Newsgroups: net.pets
Subject: Re: Feline Leukemia
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Date: Fri, 30-Aug-85 14:25:33 EDT
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> >I said it sounds more like AIDS in cats is because it attacks their immune
> >system, it is most frequently transmitted through body fluids, and it is always
> >fatal.  
> 
> All the literature I have indicates it is NOT always fatal.  Many cats
> contract the disease (syndrome, actually), but are not affected and
> serve as carriers only.

Many humans act as carriers of AIDS in a like manner. In both cases once
it is expressed it is invariably fatal.