Jen, It is common for kittens to test positive if infected by the mother and then test negative later. But why is she "due" for an FELV vaccination? FELV vaccinations aren't routine. Is she going to be kept with positive kitties or is she going to be an outdoor cat?
Bonnie http://grants.library.wisc.edu/organizations/animals.html http://savingspaldingpets.blogspot.com/ http://www.bestfriends.org/nomorehomelesspets/pdf/walkforanimals.pdf ----- Original Message ----- From: Jen Reinke <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Friday, July 7, 2006 2:04 pm Subject: FeLV vaccination of "recovered" cat? To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org > Hello, > > My parent's cat tested positive for FeLV as a young kitten- she was > a > stray and we assume that she was infected by her mother. Six months > later she was tested again and was negative. We were told that it > was > possible that she either fought it off, or that the antibodies in > her > system were actually her mother's and that she never really > contracted > the disease. She is now due to have a vaccination for FeLV, but we > are > concerned that this will have negative effects, given her history, > or > that she does not need it as she should have antibodies already in > her > system. Is there any information about how such a situation should > be > handled? > > Thanks for any info or leads on the subject! > Jen > > >
