Retroviroses em felinos.

Abstract

The Retroviroses are feline diseases that affect cats in various parts of the world, being common to find them in street cats and have contact with other animals. Prognostic pathologies are booked most of the time because their clinical manifestations are severe and can affect many organs. The feline viral immunodeficiency (FIV) is a lentivirus that causes a progressive immune deficiency in animals similar to human acquired immunodeficiency (AIDS), while feline viral leukemia (FeLV) is able to induce neoplastic diseases, being the most common Lymphoma in infected cats. These retroviroses can also induce in other diseases, which are secondary to infection or opportunists. Among the various forms of diagnosis for these illnesses can highlight the enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA), immunofluorescence (IFA) reaction, polymerase chain reaction (PCR) and the technique of Western Blotting (WB). Finally, owners who have or not cats infected with FeLV or FIV should be oriented about the course of the disease, its epidemiology, therapeutic protocols that will be used to combat the symptoms of these diseases and preventive measures.