Re: [Felvtalk] My 11.50 year old cat Kitty diagnosed with FeLV......
Hi Jason, In our rescue group here in NC, anytime a cat tests positive we always have the vet clinic rerun the test. Occasionally there can be user error, either due to the way the test is run or using the parts of the test incorrectly, the way the kits were stored, temperature-wise or expired, etc. Also, there are IFA and PCR tests that can confirm a positive result. Shelley > On Jan 2, 2022, at 4:58 PM, LORRAINE JOHNSTON > wrote: > > Dear Jason, > > It might comfort you to know that some cats who contract FeLV late in life > can suppress it. This is what appears to have happened to my cousin’s cat. > She contracted felv from a bite at about age 12. My cousin had had one felv > vaccine administered about a year prior, but forgot to get her booster. Then > came the bite, after which she tested positive. But we’ve had her viral load > checked annually by a company called Scanelis (Colomiers, France), and they > report a very low circulating viral load consistent with her immune system > suppressing the virus. This phenomenon has been reported in the scientific > literature on felv. If you’d like more details, feel free to contact me > privately at johnston1110 at Comcast.net. > > Cheers, > > - Lorraine > > “The arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends toward justice.” > -Theodore Parker >> On 01/02/2022 3:06 PM Amani Oakley wrote: >> >> >> No problem, Jason. Please let us know how things work out. >> >> >> >> Amani >> >> >> >> From: Felvtalk On Behalf Of JASON VOGT >> Sent: January 2, 2022 10:27 AM >> To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org >> Subject: [Felvtalk] My 11.50 year old cat Kitty diagnosed with FeLV.. >> >> >> >> Thank you very much for your detailed response Amani. You obviously have a >> lot of experience treating both FeLV+ cats and kittens. He (Kitty) will be >> 12 years old this coming Spring or Summer. Thank you also Kat. I remember >> taking him (Kitty) in from outside when he was one year old. I am positive >> the Vet. did a FeLV test on him then and it was negative at one year old. >> It surprised me him (Kitty) being diagnosed this old with FeLV. >> >> >> I had an 11.50 year old cat (Mork - indoor only who I got from a shelter as >> a kitten) who died in 2014 of FIP (also diagnosed with it very late at age >> 11). I am not sure how these 2 older cats of mine contracted these diseases >> and how Mork died from it late in life. Does an older cat's immune system >> get much weaker as they age? >> >> >> The 11.50 female indoor only cat (Snow White) appears just fine. I took >> her in from outside the same time as Kitty at one year old. She tested >> negative for FeLV at one year old also. >> >> >> Thank you very much again, >> >> >> Jason >> >> ___ >> 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 ___ Felvtalk mailing list Felvtalk@felineleukemia.org http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org
Re: [Felvtalk] My 11.50 year old cat Kitty diagnosed with FeLV......
Dear Jason, It might comfort you to know that some cats who contract FeLV late in life can suppress it. This is what appears to have happened to my cousin’s cat. She contracted felv from a bite at about age 12. My cousin had had one felv vaccine administered about a year prior, but forgot to get her booster. Then came the bite, after which she tested positive. But we’ve had her viral load checked annually by a company called Scanelis (Colomiers, France), and they report a very low circulating viral load consistent with her immune system suppressing the virus. This phenomenon has been reported in the scientific literature on felv. If you’d like more details, feel free to contact me privately at johnston1110 at Comcast.net. Cheers, - Lorraine “The arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends toward justice.” -Theodore Parker > On 01/02/2022 3:06 PM Amani Oakley wrote: > > > > No problem, Jason. Please let us know how things work out. > > > Amani > > > From: Felvtalk On Behalf Of JASON > VOGT > Sent: January 2, 2022 10:27 AM > To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org > Subject: [Felvtalk] My 11.50 year old cat Kitty diagnosed with FeLV.. > > > Thank you very much for your detailed response Amani. You obviously have > a lot of experience treating both FeLV+ cats and kittens. He (Kitty) will be > 12 years old this coming Spring or Summer. Thank you also Kat. I remember > taking him (Kitty) in from outside when he was one year old. I am positive > the Vet. did a FeLV test on him then and it was negative at one year old. It > surprised me him (Kitty) being diagnosed this old with FeLV. > > > > I had an 11.50 year old cat (Mork - indoor only who I got from a shelter > as a kitten) who died in 2014 of FIP (also diagnosed with it very late at age > 11). I am not sure how these 2 older cats of mine contracted these diseases > and how Mork died from it late in life. Does an older cat's immune system > get much weaker as they age? > > > > The 11.50 female indoor only cat (Snow White) appears just fine. I took > her in from outside the same time as Kitty at one year old. She tested > negative for FeLV at one year old also. > > > > Thank you very much again, > > > > Jason > > ___ > 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
Re: [Felvtalk] My 11.50 year old cat Kitty diagnosed with FeLV......
No problem, Jason. Please let us know how things work out. Amani From: Felvtalk On Behalf Of JASON VOGT Sent: January 2, 2022 10:27 AM To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org Subject: [Felvtalk] My 11.50 year old cat Kitty diagnosed with FeLV.. Thank you very much for your detailed response Amani. You obviously have a lot of experience treating both FeLV+ cats and kittens. He (Kitty) will be 12 years old this coming Spring or Summer. Thank you also Kat. I remember taking him (Kitty) in from outside when he was one year old. I am positive the Vet. did a FeLV test on him then and it was negative at one year old. It surprised me him (Kitty) being diagnosed this old with FeLV. I had an 11.50 year old cat (Mork - indoor only who I got from a shelter as a kitten) who died in 2014 of FIP (also diagnosed with it very late at age 11). I am not sure how these 2 older cats of mine contracted these diseases and how Mork died from it late in life. Does an older cat's immune system get much weaker as they age? The 11.50 female indoor only cat (Snow White) appears just fine. I took her in from outside the same time as Kitty at one year old. She tested negative for FeLV at one year old also. Thank you very much again, Jason ___ Felvtalk mailing list Felvtalk@felineleukemia.org http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org
