Feline Immunodeficiency Virus (FIV)

In this episode of Current Vet, Dr Lottie talks about feline immunodeficiency virus (FIV)

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Timeline:
00:00 Intro
01:10 Case
02:25 Aetiology & Pathogenesis
09:32 Clinical Signs
11:25 Diagnosis
13:28 Treatment & Prevention
16:14 Key Points
17:31 Outro

Recommended Reading

• Feline Immunodeficiency Virus: Current Knowledge and Future Directions – Bęczkowski, P.M. & Beatty, J.A.
• 2020 AAFP Feline Retrovirus Testing and Management Guidelines – Little, S. et al.
• Feline Immunodeficiency Virus (FIV) – Nelson, R.W. & Couto, C.G. in Small Animal Internal Medicine

References

• Bęczkowski, P.M. and Beatty, J.A. (2022) ‘Feline Immunodeficiency Virus: Current Knowledge and Future Directions’, Advances in Small Animal Care, 3(1), pp. 145–159. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.yasa.2022.05.007
• Little, S. et al. (2020) ‘2020 AAFP Feline Retrovirus Testing and Management Guidelines’, Journal of Feline Medicine and Surgery, 22(1), pp. 5–30. https://doi.org/10.1177/1098612X19895940
• Feline Immunodeficiency Virus Infection (2021) in Greene’s Infectious Diseases of the Dog and Cat. W.B. Saunders, pp. 414–428. https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-323-50934-3.00033-1
• Chhetri, B.K. et al. (2015) ‘Comparison of risk factors for seropositivity to feline immunodeficiency virus and feline leukemia virus among cats’, BMC Veterinary Research, 11(1), p. 30. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12917-015-0339-3
• Gleich, S. and Hartmann, K. (2009) ‘Hematology and Serum Biochemistry of FIV- and FeLV-infected cats’, Journal of Veterinary Internal Medicine, 23(3), pp. 552–558. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1939-1676.2009.0303.x
• Westman, M.E., Malik, R. and Norris, J.M. (2019) ‘Diagnosing FIV and FeLV infection: an update for clinicians’, Australian Veterinary Journal, 97(3), pp. 47–55. https://doi.org/10.1111/avj.12781
• de Oliveira Medeiros, S. et al. (2016) ‘Follow-up on long-term antiretroviral therapy for cats infected with FIV’, Journal of Feline Medicine and Surgery, 18(4), pp. 264–272. https://doi.org/10.1177/1098612X15580144
• Hartmann, K., Wooding, A. and Bergmann, M. (2015) ‘Efficacy of Antiviral Drugs against FIV’, Veterinary Sciences, 2(4), pp. 456–476. https://doi.org/10.3390/vetsci2040456
• Nelson, R.W. and Couto, C.G. (2019) ‘Feline Immunodeficiency Virus (FIV)’, in Small Animal Internal Medicine. 6th edn. Elsevier, pp. 1491–1494.
• Tilley, L.P. and Smith, F.W.K. (2021) ‘Feline Immunodeficiency Virus (FIV)’, in Blackwell’s Five-Minute Veterinary Consult: Canine and Feline. 7th edn. Wiley, pp. 506–507.

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