RE: New here

[MacKenzie, Kerry N.]

Title: Message

Welcome Sue. Though I'm sorry for the reason you and your friend had to find us, you'll not find a more supportive or more informed bunch of people anywhere than on this list--it's been a godsend to me. (I go to this list with my Qs before I go to my vet.) Bless you and your friend for caring for cats, especially the most needy of them. It's wonderful that you're giving the little furball a whole new lease of life. (by the way, in the US we don't have easy/straightforward access to Virbagen Omega---vet has to both import it from UK AND get government approval to do this. So it's great that you've managed to start the little soul on VO right away). You will get more and better info on the ELISA from others on the list, but below is an extract from an archived email (from Sally to Hideyo). My own, first FeLV kitten tested negative at 3 months. (Yippee!) One month later she sadly, shockingly, tested positive (during that month she was quarantined in my 2nd bedroom, so there was no way for her to pick it up in between times). My conclusion, now that I know more, is that she was tested too soon after exposure for the FeLV to be detected. I'll also email you separately a short extract from Anitra Frazier's book The Natural Cat on the different possible outcomes following positive diagnosis. You will have many more replies, Sue, so please do stick around! Good luck--what is kitty's name? Kerry PS--am I right in thinking you're from Glasgow, Scotland?     Unusual (but not impossible, as you can attest) for a healthy adult cat to become infected and not be able to shuck the virus off. And very unusual for a cat to have a "false negative" to an FeLV test. (I'm assuming it was an in-house ELISA test?) Is it possible the kitten was tested too young for its status to be properly reflected by the test, or perhaps the kitten may have been tested too soon after exposure for there to be significant antibodies produced................... -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Sue Taft Sent: Wednesday, September 21, 2005 10:48 AM To: Felvtalk@felineleukemia.org Subject: New here 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 =00 IRS CIRCULAR 230 NOTICE. Any advice expressed above as to tax matters was neither written nor intended by the sender or Mayer, Brown, Rowe & Maw LLP to be used and cannot be used by any taxpayer for the purpose of avoiding tax penalties that may be imposed under U.S. tax law. If any person uses or refers to any such tax advice in promoting, marketing or recommending a partnership or other entity, investment plan or arrangement to any taxpayer, then (i) the advice was written to support the promotion or marketing (by a person other than Mayer, Brown, Rowe & Maw LLP) of that transaction or matter, and (ii) such taxpayer should seek advice based on the taxpayers particular circumstances from an independent tax advisor This email and any files transmitted with it are intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom they are addressed. If you have received this email in error please notify the system manager. If you are not the named addressee you should not disseminate, distribute or copy this e-mail.