[Brit'sMom]

My friend just told me that dogs and cats can get A.I.D.S.

Has anyone ever heard this?

 

[Caesar's Mommie]

I am not positive, but I think I remember from my microbiology class (3 years ago) that they have a different form of AIDS, its not the same form as humans get, therefore cross contamination between human and dog or human and cat cannot occur. Like I said, I'm not positive, but I think I remember from that class.

 

[dr.jaimie]

dogs do not get AIDS and cats have their own form called FIV....cant get it from humans or primates.

 

[jami]

Ceasar's Mommy - I too learned that same thing in my biology class. Don't remember much else about it though. Only took the class for credit towards science. Don't miss that!

 

[Brinkley & Neyland's Mom]

Originally posted by LadyMontava@Sep 12 2004, 04:16 PM
dogs do not get AIDS and cats have their own form called FIV....cant get it from humans or primates.
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I had heard about the cat form before too. I didn't think the actual virus that humans/primates got was transferable to other animals though.
Isn't the FIV one of the things that cats are immunized against at first?

 

[Lilly521]

I remember talking about this in school they proubly get something like aids like LadyMontava said but i just remember that they cant becuase people get hiv before aids (i dunno if always or all the time) and hiv is a human illlness says so right in the name

 

[dr.jaimie]

the human form is not transferrable and there are no vaccines for FIV for cats...it is mostly a stay cat virus that they transfer through fighting and mating.