Feline immunodeficiency virus -- Kenya
Cat owners have been asked to be careful following the discovery of an "HIV-like" virus in one.
The cat that was tested was found to have feline immunodeficiency virus [FIV], Pathologists Lancet Kenya said on Wednesday [1 Jun 2016].
Veterinary pathologist Dhaval Shah said FIV is in the same family as the human immunodeficiency virus [HIV].
"This is the 1st case of serologically-confirmed FIV that we in the veterinary community are aware of in Kenya," said Shah [see
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