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[Sue Taft]

I've joined this group to get advice for a friend who doesn't have internet access. We both work in cat rescue. Last month we took in a number of cats that had been abandoned by their owner. All tested FeLV/FIV negative. Today my friend was concerned about one of them, he was off his food and seemed depressed. She took him to the vets who re-ran the ELISA test and it has come up FeLV positive. How reliable is the snap test for FeLV, I know for FIV it can't be relied on (I always get a re-test done at Glasgow)?   He's started on the Virbac Omega Interferon injections immediately, fortunately the vet stocks it as I use it for my FIV boy Eric with great success (he had terrible mouth problems which it cleared up and has kept at bay). Is there anything else we should be doing, he's a lovely boy and apart from the slight fever he has at the moment which he's also on antibiotics for, he has been doing really well. He's had a lousy life so far so we really want to give him the best possible chance.   I'm new to FeLV so any advice will be gratefully received   Sue