MaryChristine
Tue, 01 Apr 2008 08:58:12 -0700
this is all that i know, but wouldn't it be wonderful.... ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Cat Health News from the Winn Feline Foundation < [EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Mon, Mar 31, 2008 at 7:14 PM Subject: Cat Health News from the Winn Feline Foundation To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cat Health News from the Winn Feline Foundation<http://winnfelinehealth.blogspot.com/> [image: Link to Cat Health News from the Winn Feline Foundation]<http://winnfelinehealth.blogspot.com/> New FIV Test Developed<http://feeds.feedburner.com/%7Er/CatHealthNewsFromTheWinnFelineFoundation/%7E3/261213376/new-fiv-test-developed.html> Posted: 31 Mar 2008 08:00 AM CDT *Levy, J. K., P. C. Crawford, et al. (2008). "Differentiation of feline immunodeficiency virus vaccination, infection, or vaccination and infection in cats." J Vet Intern Med 22(2): 330-4.* Diagnosis of feline immunodeficiency virus (FIV) is complicated by the fact that no commercially available tests can differentiate between naturally infected cats and cats that have been vaccinated against FIV. After vaccination, cats produce antibodies that to date have been indistinguishable from those induced by natural infection. A discriminant enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) was developed that detects antibodies against formalin-treated FIV whole virus and untreated transmembrane peptide. In this study, blood samples from 73 uninfected and unvaccinated cats, 89 uninfected FIV-vaccinated cats, 99 unvaccinated FIV-infected cats, and 3 FIV-infected and vaccinated cats were tested. The discriminate ELISA correctly identified all uninfected cats, giving a specificity of 100%. Of the FIV-infected cats, 99 were correctly identified, giving a sensitivity of 97.1%. Other than virus isolation, which is not widely available and is time-consuming and expensive, this discriminate ELISA is the most reliable test for diagnosis of FIV. When this test becomes available at referral diagnostic laboratories, a new strategy for FIV testing would be to use the existing patient-side antibody assay as a screening test, and confirm positive results with the discriminant ELISA. >> PubMed >> abstract<http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18371028?ordinalpos=1&itool=EntrezSystem2.PEntrez.Pubmed.Pubmed_ResultsPanel.Pubmed_RVDocSum> *Related articles: *Kusuhara, H., T. Hohdatsu, et al. (2007). "Serological differentiation of FIV-infected cats from dual-subtype feline immunodeficiency virus vaccine (Fel-O-Vax FIV) inoculated cats." Vet Microbiol 120(3-4): 217-25. >> PubMed >> abstract<http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17141431?ordinalpos=2&itool=EntrezSystem2.PEntrez.Pubmed.Pubmed_ResultsPanel.Pubmed_RVDocSum> More on cat health: Winn Feline Foundation Library<http://www.winnfelinehealth.org/Library.html>Providing expert cat health information and supporting cat health research since 1968. <http://feeds.feedburner.com/%7Ef/CatHealthNewsFromTheWinnFelineFoundation?a=pC5bq5F> <http://feeds.feedburner.com/%7Ef/CatHealthNewsFromTheWinnFelineFoundation?a=7QubL4F> <http://feeds.feedburner.com/%7Ef/CatHealthNewsFromTheWinnFelineFoundation?a=OeP5pqF> <http://feeds.feedburner.com/%7Ef/CatHealthNewsFromTheWinnFelineFoundation?a=EB3batf> <http://feeds.feedburner.com/%7Ef/CatHealthNewsFromTheWinnFelineFoundation?a=WXZU3bf> <http://feeds.feedburner.com/%7Ef/CatHealthNewsFromTheWinnFelineFoundation?a=izxJ1iF> You are subscribed to email updates from Cat Health News from the Winn Feline Foundation <http://winnfelinehealth.blogspot.com/> To stop receiving these emails, you may unsubscribe now<http://www.feedburner.com/fb/a/emailunsub?id=7878650&key=ozX7FGgjSL> .Email Delivery powered by FeedBurner Inbox too full? [image: (feed)]<http://feeds.feedburner.com/CatHealthNewsFromTheWinnFelineFoundation> Subscribe<http://feeds.feedburner.com/CatHealthNewsFromTheWinnFelineFoundation>to the feed version of Cat Health News from the Winn Feline Foundation in a feed reader. If you prefer to unsubscribe via postal mail, write to: Cat Health News from the Winn Feline Foundation, c/o FeedBurner, 20 W Kinzie, 9th Floor, Chicago IL USA 60610 -- Spay & Neuter Your Neighbors! Maybe That'll Make The Difference.... MaryChristine AIM / YAHOO: TenHouseCats MSN: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ICQ: 289856892