2007-01-26 05:50:58 · 13 answers · asked by jeet 1 in Health ➔ Diseases & Conditions ➔ Infectious Diseases
yes it affects other animals as well. AIDS in humans is caused by HIV human immunodeficiency Virus .. However HIV has been found in Many apes including chimpanzees gorillas and baboons
it has also been found in cats and is called FIV (F for felines) but it is likely preventable.. HIV is not cross transferrable meaning humans can't give it to other animals or get it from other animals
here are some good websites :
http://www.animalhealthchannel.com/fiv/
http://www.amfar.org/cgi-bin/iowa/programs/resrch/record.html?record=217&tb=prg
2007-01-26 05:55:55 · answer #1 · answered by hanntastic 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I work in an animal clinic as a vet assistant been there for 1 year now. The only animal that I've seen that can have aids is cats its called feline aids and its not the same kind of aids we get either its not passed threw sex but it has the same affects. They get it by touch just touching another feline with the aids virus will pass it on just like that. We can not get it from them nor can other animals its just somthing with felines. There is a vaccanation for it thow so you can prevent your little feline friend from ever getting it somthing we don't have the option of. As far as other animals I've never heard of it.
2007-01-26 06:02:37 · answer #2 · answered by Amy D 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No. Or at least, not much. I can say this because this time last year I wasn't in the least bit religious. Agnostic bordering on atheism. I'll not bore you with the details, but a succession of events earlier this year made me question my previous belief structure. I can say there's been quite a turnaround in my religious beliefs over the past 7 months or so. In that time, my opinion on animal welfare has not altered one iota. I believed then, and I believe now that although we have charge of the other species of animal, that does not give us the right to abuse them. If we are to gain from them, then it is only right that they should gain, or at least not lose out by their interactions with us. The word "husbandry" - it implies a partnership. I say "not much", because I did consider how well my beliefs about animal welfare fit in when you bring God into the picture. I saw no reason to change that side of me. Hope I helped.
2016-05-24 02:24:54 · answer #3 · answered by Rebecca 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Cats can get Feline Immunodeficiency Virus (FIV) but if you keep them in a fairly clean environment either as a single cat or with very friendly cats, so they don't get into fights and possibly spread FIV through blood, they live about as long as a regular cat. It's also non-transferrable to humans. I know this because I volunteer at a no-kill cat shelter that has a whole room for FIV+ cats.
2007-01-26 05:57:33 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
AIDS is not a disease but a syndrome caused by the disease HIV. This condition is specific to humans but there is a similar condition that affects certain kinds of monkeys
2007-01-26 05:56:55 · answer #5 · answered by Beast from the East 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
AIDS is sexually transmitted disease (STD) (not an infectious disease) started by the HIV virus. Similar viruses exist that affect animals such as monkeys and cats. Because many living things have sexual reproduction, it is possible they have STDs just as humans do (just not the same ones).
2007-01-26 06:00:37 · answer #6 · answered by xo_cuddly_kitten_xo 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Like most diseases, the strain that effects humans is specific to humans. There is usually very little inter-species crossover between disease causing organisms. However, there are other viruses similar to HIV that effect other animals including monkeys and cats.
2007-01-26 06:00:30 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
They think it originally started in monkeys in Africa...people get bit by monkeys, people eat monkeys sometimes maybe...now it has evolved into a different strain of AIDS. (I am not kidding). And then it went to Haiti and ONE gay airline steward transmitted a lot of it all over the place as he had a "honey in every port"..so to speak. (not kidding this was on TV how hard it was to trace most of the U.S. cases back to the one person.
2007-01-26 06:13:50 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
aids is not only affect humans but its virus has potential of affecting animals. for ur information hiv virus were spreaded to humans through rhesus monkies found in africa
2007-01-26 18:37:48 · answer #9 · answered by chander s 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
no....it is not specific to humans alone....it affects animals too and it is believed that the disease spread to Humans through monkeys only.
2007-01-27 04:29:46 · answer #10 · answered by NeelS 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋