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?
--
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