Isolation of feline leukemia virus from a leopard cat cell line and search for retrovirus in wild felidae

J Natl Cancer Inst. 1981 Oct;67(4):929-33.

Abstract

A strain of feline leukemia virus (FeLV), subgroup A, was isolated in early subpassage of a testicular fibroblast culture obtained from a captive Asian leopard cat. Neither FeLV nor RD-114 virus was recovered from cultured tissues of 15 other animals, representing eight species of wild Felidae.

Publication types

  • Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Animals, Wild / microbiology
  • Carnivora / microbiology*
  • Cell Line
  • Leukemia Virus, Feline / isolation & purification*