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THIS IS GOOD NEWS, I HOPE YOUR RIGHT!
My cats are adults, healthy, vaccinated and
vaccinated.
This makes no since! 2 are at a year old and tested
both neg
one tested neg in dec 27th, now
positive.......
Whatever has happened here has happened in
the
last 3 months, this is how current it is that I know of,
SO
with that said I have some hope, especially with my
adult
cat 3 years old I think, maybe 4, he is BIG healthy and
strong
No reason for this!
The one I put to sleep has been tested 5
times
ALL neg and now positive! Her momma was FIV so when she
was little
she to tested positive for FIV, every month I tested her,
at 6 months her
and her sister were neg. Now her sister is still Neg for
both and she is FELV
positive, my vet cant even make since out of this at all,
no one knows what to think
I just know it has just recently started, no mating,
no fighting
Carrie
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Friday, April 21, 2006 10:20
AM
Subject: Re: positive
yeah, well, that IS the question....
70% of adult, healthy cats can be exposed to the virus and throw it
off--it's generally believed to take 90-120 days for that to happen if it's
gonna. therefore, unless you know EXACTLY where (and with whom!) the cat has
been in the previous 90-120 days, you can't really believe either a negative
OR a positive result.... this means that cats who have been exposed, but will
throw off the virus, will be killed in the shelters/rescues/vet's offices
because they don't have either the information or the facilities to hold the
kitty for retesting; if also means that a stray from the streets who tests
negative may still have been exposed in the recent past and may test positive
later on....
even cats tested positive on the ifa can retest negative after a
time--i'd found a reference once, tho it's no longer where it was
originally!--that in rare cases the time for an IFA to go back to negative was
up to 7 months following exposure.
i have never heard of a documented case of a vaccinated negative cat
turning positive from living, closely, with positives....
i do know of a number of cats who originally tested positive (back before
people knew to retest) who did indeed test negative months and even years
after they'd gone to live in positive-only environments--so clearly, they were
healthy enough to throw the initial exposure off, and to remain negative
afterward. one specific cat in that category went through two major bouts of
illness that were considered life-threatening--to the force-feeding stage--and
the little brat bounced back from both those episodes, stayed in the FeLV
colony, and two years later, was found to be negative after all...
On 4/20/06, carrie
chance <[EMAIL PROTECTED] >
wrote:
what the heck good is testing and vaccinating
then?
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Thursday, April 20, 2006 6:20
PM
Subject: RE: positive
I hasn't happened
to me – but statistically it's supposed to have 2/3 of cases – might it
might take a few months to really know it, though.
Okay anyone ever have a
positive turn negitive?
--
MaryChristine
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