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CSU researchers discover three new feline viruses, raising questions about transmission and disease

Pathogen researchers at Colorado State University have discovered a family of cancer-causing viruses in several U.S. populations of bobcats, mountain lions and domestic cats, raising questions about whether the previously undetected viruses could be transmitted between cat species – and whether they might be the root cause of some cancers found in housecats.Scientists tested nearly 300 individual blood samples from cats in three geographic regions in Florida, Colorado and California.

Source: Medical News Today




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