Summary

LEUKEMIA IS THE NATION'S LEADING KILLER OF CATS. AND WHILE THERE IS A VACCINE .. IT'S ONLY 50-PERCENT EFFECTIVE. AND UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA RESEARCHERS WANT TO KNOW WHY. SO THEY'RE CALLING ON FOLKS WHO HAVE CATS SUFFERING FROM THE DISEASE TO PARTICIPATE IN A D-N-A STUDY, HOPING TO FIGURE OUT WHY SOME CATS CAN BE VACCINATED, AND OTHERS CAN NOT.

Source CONUS Archive
Record ID 67923
Story Slug CAT LEUKEMIA (04/04/1995)
Location GAINESVILLE, FLORIDA
Format SOT/ VO ROUGH CUT
Date 4/4/1995
Archive Time 45:33
TRT 1:18
Supers GAINESVILLE, FL DR. JIM THOMPSON UF VETERINARIAN
Video Description SOTs (BLACK BETWEEN SOT CLIPS, AND BETWEEN SOT AND VO) VET EXAMINING CAT, LOTS OF TIGHT SHOTS OF CAT
Description LEUKEMIA IS THE NATION'S LEADING KILLER OF CATS. AND WHILE THERE IS A VACCINE .. IT'S ONLY 50-PERCENT EFFECTIVE. AND UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA RESEARCHERS WANT TO KNOW WHY. SO THEY'RE CALLING ON FOLKS WHO HAVE CATS SUFFERING FROM THE DISEASE TO PARTICIPATE IN A D-N-A STUDY, HOPING TO FIGURE OUT WHY SOME CATS CAN BE VACCINATED, AND OTHERS CAN NOT.
Script FELINE LEUKEMIA VIRUS IS THE LEADING CAUSE OF DEATH AND DISEASE IN CATS THROUGHOUT THE UNITED STATES ... AND WHILE A VACCINE IS AVAILABLE TO IMMUNIZE CATS, IT'S ONLY ABOUT FIFTY PERCENT EFFECTIVE. NOW UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA VETERINARIANS ARE USING D-N-A TESTING TO UNDERSTAND HOW MUTATIONS IN A KEY GENE MAY ENABLE THE VIRUS TO BECOME EVEN MORE DEADLY U-F IS SEEKING FIVE-HUNDRED INFECTED CATS TO PARTICIPATE IN A NEW STUDY. BY TESTING BLOOD SAMPLES FROM THE CATS DURING A TWO YEAR PERIOD, UF SCIENTISTS HOPE TO LEARN WHY SOME CATS ARE IMMUNE TO FELINE LEUKEMIA WHILE OTHERS BECOME INFECTED. THE VIRUS IS TRANSMITTED AMONG CATS BY CLOSE CONTACT WITH AN INFECTED CAT, ESPECIALLY THROUGH SOCIAL GROOMING OR THE SHARING OF FOOD OR WATER BOWLS. THOMPSON SAYS THE BLOOD SAMPLES NEEDED FOR TESTING CAN BE COLLECTED BY FAMILY VETERINARIANS AND SENT TO HIM AT THE U-F VETERINARY MEDICAL TEACHING HOSPITAL.
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Keywords

ANIMAL
CATS
PET
FELINE LEUKEMIA
DNA STUDY
VET EXAMINING CAT’S EYES AND LISTENING TO HEART
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