Evaluation of feline leukemia virus control measures

Journal of Theoretical Biology

Volumn 178, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 53-60

  Lubkin, Sharon R ^a   Romatowski, Joseph ^b   Zhu, Mei ^a,c   Kulesa, Paul M ^a   White, K A J ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b Cat Clinic of Northeast Seattle   (United States)

^c LAFAYETTE COLLEGE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CAT; FELINE LEUKEMIA VIRUS; IMMUNIZATION; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION RISK; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; NONHUMAN; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VIRUS INFECTION;

EID: 0029877518     PISSN: 00225193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jtbi.1996.0006     Document Type: Article

References (25)

1. ANDERSON, R. M. & MAY, R. M. (1991). Infectious Diseases of Humans: Dynamics and control. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
2. CHARREYRE, C. & PEDERSEN, N. C. (1991). Study of feline leukemia virus immunity. J. Amer. Vet. Med. Assn. 199, 1316-1324.
3. HARDY, W. D., JR., ESSEX, P. W., ESSEX, M. & COTTER, S. (1973). Horizontal transmission of feline leukaemia virus. Nature 244, 266-269.
4. HARDY, W. D., JR. (1981). The feline leukemia virus. J. Amer. Anim. Hosp. Assn. 17, 951-990.
5. HOOVER, E. A., OLSEN, R. G., HARDY, W. D., JR., SCHALLER, J. P. & MATHES, L. E. (1976). Feline leukemia virus infection: Age-related variation in response of cats to experimental infection. J. natl. Cancer Inst. 57, 365-368.
6. HOOVER, E. A., ROJKO, J. L. & QUACKENBUSH, S. L. (1983). Congenital feline leukemia virus infections. Leuk. Rev. Intl. 1, 7-8.
7. JARRETT, O. (1983). Recent advances in the epidemiology of feline leukaemia virus. Vet. Ann. 23, 287-293.
8. JARRETT, O. (1994). Transmission and control of feline leukemia virus infections. In: Viruses and Cancer (Minson, A., Neil, J. & McCrae, M., eds) pp. 235-245. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
9. LADIGES, W. C., DIGIACOMO, R. F., WARDROP, K. J. & HARDY, W. D., JR. (1981). Prevalence and sequelae of feline leukemia virus infection in laboratory cats. J. Amer. Vet. Med. Assn. 179, 1206-1207.
10. LAFRADO, L. J. (1994). Evaluation of a feline leukemia virus vaccine in a controlled natural transmission study. J. Amer. Vet. Med. Assn. 204, 914-917.
11. LEGENDRE, A. M., MITCHENER, K. L. & POTGEITER, I. N. D. (1990). Efficacy of a feline leukemia virus vaccine in a natural exposure challenge. J. Vet. Int. Med. 4, 92-98.
12. MAINLAND, T. R. (1994). FeLV incidence. Vet. Rec. Feb 12, 176.
13. MCMICHAEL, J. C., STIERS, S. & COFFIN, S. (1986). Prevalence of feline leukemia virus infection among adult cats at an animal control center: Association of viremia with phenotype and season. Am. J. Vet. Res. 47, 765-768.
14. MOULTON, C., WRIGHT, P. & RINDY, K. (1991). The role of animal shelters in controlling pet overpopulation. J. Amer. Vet. Med. Assn. 198, 1172-1176.
15. MURRAY, J. D. (1989). Mathematical Biology. Berlin: Springer-Verlag.
16. NASSAR, R. & MOSIER, J. E. (1986). Understanding the dynamics of your community's pet population. Vet. Med. 81, 1120-1126.
17. O'CONNOR, T. P., JR, TONELLI, Q. J. & SCARLETT, J. M. (1991). Report of the National FeLV/FIV Awareness Project. J. Amer. Vet. Med. Assn. 199, 1348-1352.
18. POLLOCK, R. V. H. & SCARLETT, J. M. (1990). Randomized blind trial of a commercial FeLV vaccine. J. Amer. Vet. Med. Assn. 1996, 611-616.
19. POLLOCK, R. V. H. & HAFFER, K. N. (1991). Review of the first feline leukemia virus vaccine. J. Amer. Vet. Med. Assn. 199, 1406-1409.
20. REINACHER, M. & THEILEN, G. (1987). Frequency and significance of feline leukemia virus infection in necropsied cats. Am. J. Vet. Res. 48, 939-945.
21. ROWAN, A. N. (1991). What we need to learn from epidemiologic surveys pertaining to pet overpopulation. J. Amer. Vet. Med. Assn. 198, 1233-1236.
22. SCARLETT, J. M. & POLLOCK, R. V. H. (1991). Year two of follow-up evaluation of a randomized, blind field trial of a commercial feline leukemia virus vaccine. J. Amer. Vet. Med. Assn. 199, 1431-1432.
23. SHELTON, G. H., WALTIER, R. M., CONNOR, S. C. & GRANT, C. K. (1989). Prevalence of feline immunodeficiency virus and feline leukemia virus infections in pet cats. J. Amer. Anim. Hosp. Assn. 25, 7-12.
24. WEIJER, K., UIJTDEHAAG, F. & OSTERHAUS, A. (1986). Control of feline leukaemia virus infection by a removal programme. Vet. Record 119, 555.
25. WISE, J. K. (1984). Veterinary health care market for cats. J. Amer. Vet. Med. Assn. 184, 481-482.