TY - JOUR AU - Wilson, Stephen AU - Greenslade, Juliet AU - Saunders, Gillian AU - Holcroft, Catherine AU - Bruce, Lynn AU - Scobey, Andy AU - Childers, Tedd AU - Sture, Gordon AU - Thompson, James PY - 2012 DA - 2012/07/28 TI - Difficulties in demonstrating long term immunity in FeLV vaccinated cats due to increasing age-related resistance to infection JO - BMC Veterinary Research SP - 125 VL - 8 IS - 1 AB - Feline leukaemia virus (FeLV) is a pathogen causing fatal illness in cats worldwide, and as such there is a high demand for products to protect against disease. The duration of immunity provided by an inactivated FeLV vaccine, Versifel FeLV, when administered to cats of the target age was determined. Kittens received two vaccinations when aged 7 to 9 weeks old, and were subsequently challenged up to 36 months later with the FeLV-A Glasgow isolate. SN - 1746-6148 UR - https://doi.org/10.1186/1746-6148-8-125 DO - 10.1186/1746-6148-8-125 ID - Wilson2012 ER -