Sentences with phrase «infected mother cat»

Since FeLV is primarily spread from infected mother cats to their kittens, FIV passes mainly among fighting tom cats through bite wounds, spaying and neutering alone will decrease the spread of these infections.

Infected mother cats transfer FIV antibodies to nursing kittens, so kittens born to infected mothers may receive positive test results for several months after birth.

Infected mother cats sometimes pass this disease on to their kittens.

FeLV is primarily spread from infected mother cats to their kittens, and FIV passes mainly among fighting tomcats through bite wounds.

FeLV spreads from cat to cat through bite wounds and from an infected mother cat to her kittens.

It is also thought that infected mother cats can pass the virus on to their kittens while they are still in the womb, although most early exposure is probably during the nursing period.

The virus is spread from cat - to - cat through bite wounds, through casual contact with infected cats, and from an infected mother cat to her kittens.

On rare occasions infection is transmitted from an infected mother cat to her kittens, usually during passage through the birth canal or when the newborn kittens ingest infected milk.

Less commonly, FIV is transmitted by an infected mother cat during birth or through sexual contact.

An infected mother cat can pass this parasite to her nursing kittens.

FIV is rarely spread from an infected mother cat to her kittens or through sexual contact.

It can also be transmitted via blood, in utero and from the milk of an infected mother cat.

Transmission can also take place from an infected mother cat to her kittens, either before they are born or while they are nursing.

These parasites are contracted by walking through eggs in the soil and grooming them off the fur or skin, nursing from an infected mother cat, or eating a rodent that is infected by roundworms.

Nursing from an infected mother cat that was herself infected in late pregnancy (most kittens are infected this way).