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Transmissible Feline Fibrosarcoma

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SEVERAL transmissible neoplasms, including avian1 and murine2 sarcomas and feline leukaemia3–5, have been found to be associated with, and probably caused by, “C”-type viral particles. Our preliminary studies with a feline fibrosarcoma indicate that it is also transmissible and is associated with “C”-type viral particles.

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  1. Department of Pathology,

    S. P. SNYDER

  2. Department of Clinical Science, Leukemia Research Laboratory, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of California, Davis, 95616

    G. H. THEILEN

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SNYDER, S., THEILEN, G. Transmissible Feline Fibrosarcoma. Nature 221, 1074–1075 (1969). https://doi.org/10.1038/2211074a0

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