Absolutely - that test has many more false positives than negatives,
as I understand. Retest with an Elisa, somewhere else. Then if
that's positive, do the out-of-office IFA. Different vet's a great
idea... Gloria
On Apr 15, 2006, at 7:02 PM, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Faulty test? Bad laboratory procedures? Could be any number of
things, all the way from your vet got lab samples mixed up, to the
testing kit was defective, to it's possible your breeder isn't god
and can't control everything all the time, to maybe your breeder
wasn't so reputable after all. OR, if your cat has ever been
boarded or spent any time in a place other than your own home, she
might have been infected there (highly unlikely unless you boarded
her at a VERY nasty place where they let boarders interact).
Anyways, there's lots of reasons HOW it COULD have happened,
however unlikely. BUT, chances are, it's just a bad test result.
Wait a month, go to a DIFFERENT vet (one that might have newer or a
different batch of test kits). Then, if THAT comes back positive,
have blood drawn and send off for an IFA, done at a large lab, not
in house at the vet's office.
Jenn
