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Adopt Me! I Have FeLV! A recent study looked at outcomes for these special cats 

08-09-2021 09:23 AM

Adopting Out Cats with FeLV

Zenithson Y. Ng, DVM, MS , University of Tennessee

INFECTIOUS DISEASE

|APRIL/MAY 2021

In the Literature

Lockhart HL, Levy JK, Amirian ES, Hamman NT, Frenden MK. Outcome of cats referred to a specialized adoption program for feline leukemia virus-positive cats. J Feline Med Surg. 2020;22(12):1160-1167.

FeLV-positive cats do not necessarily need to be euthanized, as 57.8% of confirmed FeLV-positive cats in the study were healthy on admission, and most (83.3%) were still alive at the end of the study. These cats can be adopted with proper pet owner education and counseling.
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