Hi everyone,
This is probably old news to most on this list, but I found this article interesting, and some of the other newbies might too. It is about the newer recombinant DNA FeLV vaccine. It goes into the skin, instead of under it, and also uses no adjuvant (both of which increase the risk of injection-site sarcoma). It also just describes some of the confusing things about testing really clearly. Out of fear of sarcoma, I declined the old vaccine when my 1st cat (Blue) got her beginning shots. When new little Alice turned up positive, I hustled Blue in and got her started with this newer vaccine. Not sure if it is available everywhere, our vet said their clinic was one of the first 10 in the country authorized to do field trials with it, but that may have been a number of years back. Here's the link:
http://cvm.msu.edu/mvc/FeLV&FIV.doc
Regards,
Beth
