This is at a cat-only clinic. I can see it if there are a lot in a litter. For my personal cats I would want them tested separately. But in rescue it gets expensive, even at 30% discount. We buy our own tests and the vet will draw the blood for free. Beth
TenHouseCats <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: i tried to find a vet's office in town who'd do that--no one would. (this is a town with 3 24-hour-hr emergency vets, 6 housecall vets, a vet school, two cat-only vets... seems the vet students set down roots while in school, then never leave!) On 11/27/06, Gussies mom 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 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 have outdated information.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. 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 > > 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 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 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. > > -- Spay & Neuter Your Neighbors! Maybe That'll Make The Difference.... MaryChristine AIM / YAHOO: TenHouseCats MSN: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ICQ: 289856892 --------------------------------- Access over 1 million songs - Yahoo! Music Unlimited.
