FIV Information
Brooklyn has been at the OHMS for almost 2 years! We were sent this info from B and N , and think it is important to spread the word about FIV. There are cats at the OMHS who have it, and constantly get picked over because people don't really understand the disease at all. Brooklyn, Carbon, Hart, Taters, and Tully are all great cats, and need homes too!! As seen on catchat.org: What is FIV? Feline Immunodeficiency Virus (FIV) has been associated with cats for many years, although it was only labelled as such as recently as 1986. The virus depletes the number of white blood cells, which eventually makes the cat less able to fight off infection. However, because it is such a slow acting virus many FIV positive cats can enjoy a normal lifespan with no apparent health problems resulting from the virus. FIV is species specific, so can only be transmitted from cat to cat, and not to humans or other animals. FIV belongs to the same group as Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) and for this...