Trissa, How old are these kittens? From what I understand, if they contracted FelV from the mother cat and they are going to throw it off they will do so by about 5 or 6 months of age.
As for the length of time it takes after exposure, I believe that is about 6 weeks or so. Someone please correct me if I'm wrong. They say it is good to wait a couple of more months before retesting to see if the cat turns negative. Lorrie On 12-23, patricia.a.elk...@gsk.com wrote: > Or in other words, how old does a kitten have to be before you > can believe that a negative test means the kitten is negative? > > And since you all are the experts, does anyone have any reliable > info on how long it takes after exposure before a cat or kitten would > test positive on a combo snap test? > > I have been thinking that an FELV carrier came into my home but tested > negative because it was tested close to the time of infection. > Is that a possible/reasonable hypothesis? > I haven't identified the carrier so dont' know if later it tested > positive. > > Thanks! > Trissa in Philly > > _______________________________________________ > Felvtalk mailing list > Felvtalk@felineleukemia.org > http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org _______________________________________________ Felvtalk mailing list Felvtalk@felineleukemia.org http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org
