RE: bone marrow test

[Cherie A Gabbert]

But, would you want to put any kitty through that kind of pain, and if she is negative would you get rid of her? Also, if she tests negative on a blood test that should be good enough to go on...I feel.

Hideyo Yamamoto <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

Well � I am not sure if I am really going to pursuit or not  � but if I catch Ginger�s mama, I think I want to try to keep her in stead of releasing her (she is a feral kitty) � she looks really good, but if she tested negative on FeLV, I feel that I need to know if she is really negative as I may have to consider the possibility of keeping her with other negative kitties � but I know that kitties can be negative on blood test, but positive on bone marrow (it happened to one of my friend�s kitty) -

 

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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Cherie A Gabbert
Sent: Monday, February 21, 2005 2:37 PM
To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org
Subject: RE: bone marrow test

 

Who would you want to get that done on? Your positive kitty or negative?

Cherie

Hideyo Yamamoto <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

 

Does anyone know how invasive it is to do bone marrow level testing on FeLV?