This is interesting. I'd never heard of it before. I'll have to ask my vet about it. He charges a lot more to run a test than the wellness clinic does though.
On 11/27/06, Gussies mom <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
My vets office told me they can take blood from all the kittens an combine it and use 1 or 2 tests, depending on the size of the litter. If the tests come back at all positive, they then do individual tests. This can save money, which I guess is what these rescues are trying to do by only testing one in the litter. Beth *Kelley Saveika <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>* wrote: Yes, I agree this is bad. I hate it when rescues do this. Even Nathan Winograd, who is against testing, states that the one thing you should not do is selective testing. Either test none or all. I think people do this because they really do not understand the disease, or have outdated information. I tried to educate my previous rescue group regarding FELV and it fell on deaf ears. On 11/25/06, Dianne K Perry, Ph.D. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Here I have learned that the policy with rescue cat groups is that they > test 1 in the litter of feral cats.....my Asia did not get tested but her > brother did.....he tested negative but her paperwork states she was tested a > year ago....and was negative. When I called that vet yesterday I was told > no we do not have a record of her being tested, we only test one in a litter > and it was her brother that got tested, Pierre. > > I think the all should be tested. > > Dianne > > ----- Original Message ----- > *From:* catatonya <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > *To:* [email protected] > *Sent:* Saturday, November 25, 2006 7:06 PM > *Subject:* Re: Felv+/FIV+ policy for rescues > > > I would not test. I just haven't been on list lately. I wish testing > had never started. Vaccinate and adopt is what I would do. FIV and Felv > should be treated as any other illness a cat might come down with. > t > > *Kelley Saveika <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>* wrote: > > Wow, this is a lot of information to process. Thanks everyone! > > I know there are a lot of people who advocate NOT testing and was > surprised to find no one spoke up on that angle. One of my favorite animal > people, Nathan Winograd, does not test for FIV and only tests for FELV > because the board insists. > > I know most of the well known feral cat groups do not test cats who > appear healthy, but that's a different can of worms. > > I will say that all cats that come into rescue are initially tested, > because that is what the shelters around here do. I have set up that I will > require owner surrenders provide proof of negative combo test. > > I'm not sure about the statements about eventually having lots of FELV+ > cats to deal with. In this area I know people who have been doing rescue > for years and not come across a single case or maybe one or 2. > > What I don't want is for a foster to end up in the position I did, when > I had a kitten test light + and no one, from the director on down, could > tell me what to do, what was going to happen to the cats, etc. > > Fortunately she and the rest of that litter later tested negative. > > > On 11/12/06, Kelley Saveika <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > wrote: > > > > Hi guys, > > > > If you were establishing a rescue, what kind of felv/fiv testing > > policy would you use? If the cats were positive for either or both, what > > would you do? > > > > Thanks for your input. > > > > Kelley > > > > -- > > Vist the Rescuties store and save a kitty life! > > > > http://astore.amazon.com/rescuties-20 > > > > > > -- > Vist the Rescuties store and save a kitty life! > > http://astore.amazon.com/rescuties-20 > > > -- Vist the Rescuties store and save a kitty life! http://astore.amazon.com/rescuties-20 ------------------------------ Everyone is raving about the all-new Yahoo! Mail beta.<http://us.rd.yahoo.com/evt=42297/*http://advision.webevents.yahoo.com/mailbeta>
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