| FSV | feline fibrosarcoma virus; forward stroke volume; functional subunit |
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| HIV | Human Immunodeficiency Virus |
| ARV | acquired immunodeficiency syndrome-related virus; anterior right ventricle; avian reovirus |
| HIV | human immunodeficiency virus |
| HIV1 | human immunodeficiency virus type 1 |
| immunodeficiency syndrome | <syndrome> An immunological deficiency or disorder, of which the chief symptom is an increased susceptibility to infection, the pattern of susceptibility being dependent upon the kind of deficiency. See: immunodeficiency. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| immunodeficiency with elevated IgM | Immunodeficiency with reduced IgG and IgA-bearing cells; there is recurrent pyogenic infection; X-linked in some families. (05 Mar 2000) |
| immunodeficiency with hypoparathyroidism | diGeorge syndrome |
| calicivirus, feline | A species of the genus calicivirus, an RNA virus infecting cats. Transmission occurs via air and mechanical contact. (12 Dec 1998) |
| parvovirus, feline | A species of parvovirus chiefly affecting young cats in endemic areas, but all felines are susceptible, even lions and tigers. It also affects mink and raccoons. Host range variants (called subspecies by some authors) include feline panleukopenia virus, mink enteritis virus, canine parvovirus (parvovirus, canine), and raccoon parvovirus. (12 Dec 1998) |
| feline | <zoology> Relating to, affecting, resembling or derived from a cat. (09 Oct 1997) |
| feline agranulocytosis | A highly contagious and fatal disease of cats, particularly young cats, caused by feline panleukopenia virus, a member of the family Parvoviridae, and manifested by severe leukopenia, prostration, fever, vomiting and diarrhoea. Synonym: distemper, feline agranulocytosis, feline distemper, feline infectious enteritis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| feline distemper | A highly contagious and fatal disease of cats, particularly young cats, caused by feline panleukopenia virus, a member of the family Parvoviridae, and manifested by severe leukopenia, prostration, fever, vomiting and diarrhoea. Synonym: distemper, feline agranulocytosis, feline distemper, feline infectious enteritis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| feline infectious anaemia | An acute or chronic anaemia of domestic cats caused by the rickettsia Haemobartonella felis. Synonym: haemobartonellosis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| feline infectious enteritis | A highly contagious and fatal disease of cats, particularly young cats, caused by feline panleukopenia virus, a member of the family Parvoviridae, and manifested by severe leukopenia, prostration, fever, vomiting and diarrhoea. Synonym: distemper, feline agranulocytosis, feline distemper, feline infectious enteritis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| feline infectious peritonitis | Common coronavirus infection of cats caused by the feline infectious peritonitis virus (infectious peritonitis virus, feline). The disease is characterised by a long incubation period, fever, depression, loss of appetite, wasting, and progressive abdominal enlargement. Infection of cells of the monocyte-macrophage lineage appears to be essential in fip pathogenesis. (12 Dec 1998) |
| feline leukaemia | A leukaemic disorder of cats caused by feline leukaemia virus, a member of the family Retroviridae, and characterised by depression and mild fever, and by the presence of tumours in the mediastinal and mesenteric lymph nodes, followed by multiple tumour formation throughout the body; during the terminal stages of the disease lymphoblasts may appear in the peripheral blood. (05 Mar 2000) |
| feline oesophagus | <radiology> Multiple thin transverse folds seen on oesophagram, normal variant, may be secondary to, GE reflux, scleroderma (12 Dec 1998) |
| feline panleukopenia | A highly contagious DNA virus infection of the cat family and of mink, characterised by fever, enteritis and bone marrow changes. It is also called feline ataxia, feline agranulocytosis, feline infectious enteritis, cat fever, cat plague, show fever. (12 Dec 1998) |
| feline pneumonitis | An infectious respiratory illness of domesticated cats caused by the bacterium Chlamydia psittaci. (05 Mar 2000) |