Sentences with phrase «kittens via milk»

Sometimes it can be transmitted through bites or from moms to kittens via milk, or before the kittens are born.

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The queen who is FeLV positive or viraemic (i.e. virus circulating in the blood) will pass on the virus in two ways - via transplacental transmission i.e. when the kittens are in utero and also via milk when nursing her kittens.

In the latter case, transmission usually occurs when a kitten or young cat comes into contact with an infected cat via the milk of his or her mother, grooming or fighting, mostly among outdoor cats or those in multi-cat households.

Kittens under six months of age may test falsely positive after having received antibodies from their mothers, either in utero or via milk.

With kittens, antibodies (maternal antibody) may be passed from the mother to the kittens via the umbilical cord and via colostrum (the first milk).