MODELING THE FELINE LEUKEMIA-VIRUS (FELV) IN NATURAL-POPULATIONS OF CATS (FELIS-CATUS)

Authors
FROMONT E ARTOIS M LANGLAIS M COURCHAMP F PONTIER D
Citation
E. Fromont et al., MODELING THE FELINE LEUKEMIA-VIRUS (FELV) IN NATURAL-POPULATIONS OF CATS (FELIS-CATUS), Theoretical population biology, 52(1), 1997, pp. 60-70
Citations number
58
Categorie Soggetti
Genetics & Heredity",Ecology
Journal title
Theoretical population biology → ACNP
ISSN journal
00405809
Volume
52
Issue
1
Year of publication
1997
Pages
60 - 70
Database
ISI
SICI code
0040-5809(1997)52:1<60:MTFL(I>2.0.ZU;2-A
Abstract
A compartmental model was built in order to study the circulation and impact of Feline Leukemia Virus (FeLV) in populations of domestic cats . The model was tested with data from a long-term study of several fel ine populations. The study of stability shows that FeLV is maintained in the population with a stable equilibrium and a slight reduction of population size. Estimation of the transmission rate allows us to make a comparison with the values previously estimated in the literature. We compare the impact of mass vaccination or removal programmes in con trolling FeLV Infection, and conclude that vaccination is more efficie nt. (C) 1997 Academic Press.