Re: Felv+/FIV+ policy for rescues

[TenHouseCats]

oh, well, yeah, i'm talking about healthy adults--i wouldn't put kittens or elders with ANY special-needs groups.

 

the issue is how immune compromised FIVs truly are.... remember, FIV is a NAME, just as FIP is--and was given that name during the heyday of the HIV/AIDS panic, when not that much was even known about the human condition.....  so just cuz it's CALLED "immunodeficiency syndrome," doesn't mean that's actually an accurate characterization. considering that most FIVs die WITH the virus, rather than from it, often at ages 15 and up, one has to wonder how they're defining "compromised...."

when the only group of cats in a 400+ environment who did NOT get distemper were the 100 or so FIVs, well, one has to wonder....

 

 

On 11/12/06, Jennifer Phaewryn O'Gwynn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

One of the vet sites does specifically mention that "Young cats and kittens under one year of age, and cats with compromised immune systems are more susceptible to FELV."

 

FIV is "immunodefiency syndrome" thus plopping them right directly into that "compromised immune system" category that's more susceptible to FELV.

 

Mind you, even the vet sites are often full of shit as far as having solid research to back up their statements and policy. (I think this was the Cornell site)

Phaewryn

 

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