Isolation of feline leukemia virus from a leopard cat cell line and search for retrovirus in wild felidae.
A strain of feline leukemia virus (FeLV), subgroup A, was isolated in early subpassage of a testicular fibroblast culture obtained from a captive Asian leopard cat. Neither FeLV nor RD-114 virus was recovered from cultured tissues of 15 other animals, representing eight species of wild Felidae.
D000818:Animals; D000835:Animals, Wild / Q000382:microbiology; D002335:Carnivora / Q000382:microbiology*; D002460:Cell Line; D005256:Leukemia Virus, Feline / Q000302:isolation & purification*