Vet Study On FIV+ And FIV- Cats Living Together
AnimalCare 
Mar 9, 2016 
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The study (and good news!): http://www.catster.com/lifestyle/cat-health-vet-study-fiv-positive-cats-living-together
Today in News of the Obvious: FIV-positive cats can live with uninfected fellow felines and not transmit the virus. A veterinary study concludes this. Finally.
Purdue University’s College of Veterinary Medicine conducted a long-term study in cat shelters and drew two conclusions: FIV-positive cats can live with FIV-negative cats and not infect the FIV-negative cats during normal day-to-day interaction; and mother cats infected with FIV don’t pass the virus on to their kittens. The study was conducted by Dr. Annette L. Litster of the college’s Department of Veterinary Clinical Sciences.
Cat lovers and rescuers have known this for many years, and they’ve repeatedly crusaded to stop the superstitions about FIV that have led to who knows how many cats being needlessly killed in shelters.
Please read the entire article and be informed. 
Bunny and Tiger are both FIV+ and are 10 years old this year. They have lived together with Cow, Pole, Cleo, Indy and Tabs, and the rest of the fosters through the years. Cow, Indy and Tabs have been tested for FIV and all three were negative. This is despite the many, many Cow-Bunny-Indy fights that have gone on for years (but granted, Bunny never bites anyone and Tiger doesn’t get into any fights at all).
Of all the vets I’ve spoken to, only one has told me that FIV transmission is actually very difficult to happen. The rest have told me whatever is in the textbooks.
I’m so glad there is a vet study out now which clears the air. It’s about time.
Hopefully, pet owners will be more confident in keeping their FIV+ cats now and all the needless abandonment and euthanasia can stop.
Source: https://myanimalcare.org/2016/03/09/vet-study-on-fiv-and-fiv..
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