Measures Against Domestic Cats to Control FIV and FeLV Infection in Tsushima Leopard Cats (Prionailurus bengalensis euptilurus)

Abstract

The Tsushima leopard cat, most endagered in Japan, have been exposed to the threat of disease from feral domestic cats, sach as feline immunodeficiency virus (FIV) and feline louchemia vrus (FeLV). Based on the data from FIV and FeLV screening surveys, and the population densities of leopard cats and domestic cats, we performed geographical infection risk analysis using the GIS and risk maps in FIV and FeLV infection.