Just for my own info if you con't mind--so FIV cats are really at less risk from virus than FELV cats?
Chris [EMAIL PROTECTED] -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Gloria B. Lane Sent: Tuesday, March 29, 2005 1:13 PM To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org Subject: RE: OT:FIV false positive? FIV cats can normally be expected to live long lives if well cared for (for example, not outside as strays). Gloria At 10:44 AM 3/29/2005, you wrote: >I have a couple of questions/thoughts on this. First, no mention of anyone >vaccinated, no indication of cats' ages, etc. Also, given the >shortcomings of initial testing (virus may be hidden), I would think it >would be hard to tell with absolute certainty who had what when! I was >also intrigued by the last statement: "The FIV infection did not adversely >affect the cats' life expectancy" I'm not sure what that means-cats can >have virus and have no effect??? I don't know much about FIV so maybe I'm >just not understanding something basic. Finally, do you know what the >study's purpose was? Sometimes, the 'side' results of a study are not >fully explored if they don't fall in the realm of the original >purpose. And absolute last, 5 years is a long time in this field. > >Chris ><mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>[EMAIL PROTECTED] >-----Original Message----- >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of catatonya >Sent: Tuesday, March 29, 2005 6:11 AM >To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org >Subject: Re: OT:FIV false positive? > >I don't know........ but I know 2 vets who mix fiv cats in their own homes >with negatives. > >tonya > >gg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >Hi MC, > >Whenever I see something of interest, I use CISTI which allows you full >access to the "neverending" research on whatever one wishes. The study >that I recall that I ordered a few years ago that confirmed non-aggressive >transmission (other than "paw flailing" at their feeding station) was this >one. Here's the abstract: > > >: Vet Rec. 2000 Apr 8;146(15):419-24. Related Articles, Links > >Long-term impact on a closed household of pet cats of natural infection >with feline coronavirus, feline leukaemia virus and feline >immunodeficiency virus. > >Addie DD, Dennis JM, Toth S, Callanan JJ, Reid S, Jarrett O. > >Department of Veterinary Pathology, University of Glasgow Veterinary >School, Bearsden. > >A closed household of 26 cats in which feline coronavirus (FCoV), feline >leukaemia virus (FeLV) and feline immunodeficiency virus (FIV) were >endemic was observed for 10 years. > >Each cat was seropositive for FCoV on at least one occasion and the >infection was maintained by reinfection. After 10 years, three of six >surviving cats were still seropositive. > >Only one cat, which was also infected with FIV, developed feline >infectious peritonitis (FIP). Rising anti-FCoV antibody titres did not >indicate that the cat would develop FIP. > >The FeLV infection was self-limiting because all seven of the initially >viraemic cats died within five years and the remainder were immune. > >However, FeLV had the greatest impact on mortality. Nine cats were >initially FIV-positive and six more cats became infected during the course >of the study, without evidence of having been bitten. > >The FIV infection did not adversely affect the cats' life expectancy. > >PMID: 10811262 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE] >Kind regards, > >Glenda > >Our FeLV/FIV kitties & other stuff: ><http://community.webshots.com/user/sicky_icicle>http://community.webshots. com/user/sicky_icicle > > > > >----- Original Message ----- >From: TenHouseCats <<mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: <<mailto:felvtalk@felineleukemia.org>felvtalk@felineleukemia.org> >Sent: Monday, March 28, 2005 4:37 PM >Subject: Re: OT:FIV false positive? > > > hideyo, i would be very interested in seeing any info showing > > non-aggressive contact passing the FIV virus--that goes against > > everything i have read and if there IS such info, it's important that > > all of us with positives know! (i tend to suspect it's not current > > info, but since things change so quickly now that they're actually > > doing research, i'm open....) > > > > thanks! > > > > MC
