At 01:30 PM 3/13/2007, you wrote:
Good points ..I know working in OB all the things a mom has that the
baby does not get unless going through the birth canal, which is
frequently a reason for C- sections,,
i just want the TYPHOID MARRY attitude altered if possible,,,and then
treat each cat for specific symptoms and not assume everything is
FELV, i can say for certain with one FIV and one FELV..it is my other
cats that drive up my vet bills with everything from CRF,
DIABETES..IBD,,,and the thousands of other ailments and afflictions,
I am preaching to the chiore here aren't I???
Kelly
the latest stuff i've read--forgive me, those of you who want
attribution, i'll find it again one of these days, really!--it may
NOT primarily be passed in utero like it was once thought, but
through mom's mucous membranes during the birth PROCESS, and during
the nursing/cleaning/nurturing days of tinybabyhood--this might help
explain why we're seeing so many mixed litters, and moms who are
negative with babies who test positive at one point or another... in
a colony environment, that'd make sense..... i also wonder if, since
a litter can have as many dads as kittens, if there's an
immune-response thing that's contributed by dad.....
On 3/13/07, Kelly L <<mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
At 01:21 PM 3/13/2007, you wrote:
i just really wonder how many are just actually born with it or
acquire it from their moms and are unable to throw the virus, We
have finally come to realize how hard it is to get FIV and now it is
time to really get some truthful answers about FELV....
kelly
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i don't think that reliable research on that exists.... (remember,
hard to do research on a population you regularly treat with euthanasia.)
what i do know, is that there are no, zip, zilch, nada DOCUMENTED
cases of truly negative cats (ie, cats who were tested at
appropriate intervals using more than just the snap test, more than
once) who were VACCINATED ever turning positive from living closely
with truly positive cats (see above description....) i have heard
some anecdotal stories where vaccinated cats have caught FeLV from
the positive, but there's never been any proof that the cat was
actually negative to start with, just as you say.
if anyone can find me a documented case, i'll be unhappy, but i'd
still like to see it--i find it very interesting that after all
these years, no one's been able to find such documentation......
On 3/13/07, Kelly L <<mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
if anyone out there has any reliable statistics on how many cats
tested negative for FELV,,and then after living with positive kitties
converted i would sure like to know,
i just have this gut feeling that it is so very very few.
i think frequently one cat may be positive and the others never
tested unless they become ill and wow,,,they are positive,,and yet
they may have been positive all their lives but just asymptomatic,
Those are the valuable statistics..those are the statistics that
cause healthy FELV cats to be PTS ( killed)....
most of us here seem to have the experience of no transmission in
adult cats,
The only way to be sure is if a cat was once
negative,,,,,,,,THEN became infected,,,and positive,
Kelly
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