Canine leukemia and cats

[strebor]

Tomorrow my family is beginning to foster a 9 year old Boston Terrier dog who has leukemia (acute, I think) and only has a few weeks to live. I have my two male cats (both 3 years old) in the household. One is healthy and the other one is too, except he has a weaker immune system (no diseases, believe me he's been tested!).

Is canine leukemia at ALL transferable to my cats in any way? I am very worried about them, especially the one with the weak immune system. I am going to call my vet tomorrow, but the adoption place is bringing the dog early tomorrow, and I wanted to know tonight just in case we need to back out. Thank you SO much.

 

[petnurse2265]

No it is not transmissable at all.

 

[tigerfanfrv]

leukemia in dogs and FElLV are tow totally differnt things, leukemia in dogs can also be called lymphoma, which is a progressive fatal type of cancer which attacks the lymph nodes and bone marrow, and there is no known virus involved. my dog died from it a few years ago.

Feline Leukemia Virus or FELV is a virus that supressed the immune system, and there is a complicated list of ways cats can be infected, types and strains

so there is no known occurance if interspieces transmission of leukemia from dogs to cats