Feline Immunodeficiency Virus Infections Associated with Slow Healing Wounds: A Case Study

Abstract

Feline Immunodeficiency Virus (FIV) is an infectious disease transmitted by saliva or blood. Transmission by bite wounds puts stray cats at high risk for FIV. This case report aims to describe FIV infection and highlight the value of testing for FIV, particularly in stray cats. The patient is a domestic short-haired cat, male, ±2 years old, and a stray. He had recently been found by the client, who intended to take him home. His initial symptoms were having a wound in his ear flap, sneezing with mucus nasal discharge, and pale mucosa. The cat had a physical examination, hematological test, testing with the FIV-FeLV test kit, and blood chemistry test. The cat was seropositive for FIV, anemia, thrombocytopenia, and cholestasis. The cat was hospitalized, and the treatment given were doxycycline, acetylcysteine, Sangobion, albumin, Fufang E’jiao Jiang (FEJ), human-erythropoietin injection, Transfer Factor, and LiverRx. His condition worsened after 40 days, and unfortunately, he died on his 51st day at the clinic.