Detection of Feline Leukemia Virus in Feline Bone Marrow Using Polymerase Chain Reaction

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dc.contributor.authorStimson, Erin Leighen
dc.contributor.committeechairTroy, Gregory C.en
dc.contributor.committeememberToth, Thomas E.en
dc.contributor.committeememberForrester, S. Druen
dc.contributor.departmentVeterinary Medical Sciencesen
dc.date.accessioned2014-03-14T20:33:09Zen
dc.date.adate2000-04-07en
dc.date.available2014-03-14T20:33:09Zen
dc.date.issued2000-03-31en
dc.date.rdate2012-10-02en
dc.date.sdate2000-04-05en
dc.description.abstractLatent feline leukemia virus (FeLV) infections, in which proviral DNA is integrated into host DNA, but not actively transcribed, are suspected to be associated with many diseases. Bone marrow is the suspected site of the majority of latent infections. The purpose of this study was to determine if polymerase chain reaction (PCR) could detect FeLV proviral DNA in bone marrow and provide a method of detecting latent infections. Blood and bone marrow samples from fifty cats and bone marrow from one fetus were collected; sixteen had FeLV-associated diseases. Serum ELISA, blood and bone marrow immunofluorescent antibody test (IFA), and blood and bone marrow PCR were performed on each cat, and IFA and PCR on bone marrow of the fetus. Forty-one cats were FeLV negative. Five cats and one fetus were persistently infected with FeLV. Four cats were discordant; two ELISA positive with other tests negative, one bone marrow IFA negative with other tests positive, and one bone marrow IFA positive with other tests negative. No cats were positive on bone marrow PCR only. These results indicate that PCR can detect FeLV in bone marrow, but no cats in this study harbored FeLV only in the bone marrow. Not all cats with FeLV-associated diseases are persistently or latently infected with FeLV.en
dc.description.degreeMaster of Scienceen
dc.identifier.otheretd-04052000-07290015en
dc.identifier.sourceurlhttp://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-04052000-07290015/en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10919/31627en
dc.publisherVirginia Techen
dc.relation.haspartfinalthesis1.pdfen
dc.rightsIn Copyrighten
dc.rights.urihttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/en
dc.subjectpolymerase chain reactionen
dc.subjectfeline leukemia virusen
dc.subjectbone marrowen
dc.subjectlatent infectionen
dc.titleDetection of Feline Leukemia Virus in Feline Bone Marrow Using Polymerase Chain Reactionen
dc.typeThesisen
thesis.degree.disciplineVeterinary Medical Sciencesen
thesis.degree.grantorVirginia Polytechnic Institute and State Universityen
thesis.degree.levelmastersen
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Scienceen

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