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Fromont, E.; Artois, M.; Langlais, M.; Courchamp, F.; Pontier, D.
Modelling the Feline Leukemia Virus (FeLV) in natural populations of cats (Felis catus)
1997 Theoretical Population Biology (52): 60-70
A compartmental model was built in order to study the circulation and impact of Feline Leukemia Virus (FeLV) in populations of domestic cats. The model was tested with data from a long-term study of several feline populations. The study of stability shows that FeLV is maintained in the population with a stable equilibrium and a slight reduction of population size. Estimation of the transmission rate allows us to make a comparison with the values previously estimated in the literature. We compare the impact of mass vaccination or removal programmes in controlling FeLV infection, and conclude that vaccination is more efficient.
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