FIV


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FIV

abbreviation for
(Biology) feline immunodeficiency virus, a disease affecting the immune system of cats
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Capitan Hook is looking for a safe loving home on his own or with other FIV female cats.
Occasionally, FIV is passed onto kittens whose mother is FIV-positive.
A traves de la FIV es posible incrementar la eficiencia del SX ya que mientras con una dosis en IA se fertiliza como mucho a una hembra bovina, en FIV es posible fertilizar gran numero de ovocitos.
Conversely, neutered female cats won't become pregnant, do not call or wail as unneutered queens do and are less likely to contract diseases such as FIV and FeLV spread by bites and mating behaviour.
DNA from blood and saliva was subjected to polymerase chain reaction (PCR) tests for the molecular diagnosis of FIV and FeLV.