Comparison With FIV
FeLV and Feline immunodeficiency virus are in the same family, and are sometimes mistaken for one another. However, the viruses differ in many ways. Their shapes are quite different: FeLV is more circular while FIV is elongated. The two viruses are also quite different genetically, and their protein coats differ in size and composition. Although many of the diseases caused by FeLV and FIV are similar, the specific ways in which they are caused also differs. Also, while the feline leukemia virus typically causes symptomatic illness in an infected cat, an FIV infected cat can remain completely asymptomatic its entire lifetime.
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