Description
This article is from the Feline
Leukemia (Cats) FAQ, posted to rec.pets.cats newsgroup.
Maintained by Erin Miller with numerous contributions by
others.
005. Will I infect my healthy cat if I pet an FeLV+ cat, then pet my cat?
No. Not unless you were to go immediately from one cat to another, and
have wet saliva, urine or blood on your hand. Even then the
chances would be slim. FeLV needs to be transferred through the
media above, and will not live long outside the host (the infected
cat). Warm, dry environments will deactivate the virus and common
household detergents and disinfectants will eliminate it from any
contacted surfaces. If you wash your hands with soap after
touching an infected cat, you will not infect an FeLV negative
cat.
Continue to:
Share and Enjoy
Bookmark this story so others can enjoy it:
Tags
feline leukemia, cat, kitten, positive, felv
