Sarcoma Viruses, Feline

Feline Sarcoma Virus, Gardner Arnstein; Feline Sarcoma Virus, Hardy Zuckerman; Feline Sarcoma Virus, Snyder Theilen; Gardner Arnstein feline sarcoma virus; Hardy Zuckerman feline sarcoma virus; Snyder Theilen feline sarcoma virus
Species of GAMMARETROVIRUS isolated from fibrosarcoma in cats. The viruses are actually recombinant feline leukemia viruses (FeLV) where part of the genome has been replaced by cellular oncogenes. It is unique to individuals and not transmitted naturally to other cats. FeSVs are replication defective and require FeLV to reproduce.