Thanks, Kelly, good info...... :)
Susan J. DuBose >^..^<
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Kelley Saveika" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <felvtalk@felineleukemia.org>
Sent: Monday, August 20, 2007 4:06 PM
Subject: Re: Update on FLOCK
On 8/20/07, Susan Dubose <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> I just spoke w/ my vet's wife, Sheila, and here is what is happening so
> far.
>
> She is adopting the black & white cat from the newsletter that you see
> when
> you pull up the story.
>
> The cat is felv+.
> (When she applied for the cat, health status including test was unknown.)
>
> She is getting 2 more that are felv+, for a total of 3 from this group of
> 400 cats.
>
> The woman in charge of adoptions for BF, said so far 39 have tested pos.
> for
> felv.
>
> Not sure how many have been tested out of the 400, but I would think if
> they
> tested neg/neg, they would have to be "limbo" cats for @ least 3 months
> until they are retested.
Even if they test positive on the SNAP test, that doesn't necessarily
mean anything. About 20% of positives on the SNAP test are false
positives. Of course BF knows this and will retest with IFA. In fact
I believe all cats who live in "Benton's House" which is the FELV
living quarters at BF are routinely retested. At least one I know of
converted and later tested neg/neg.
>
> My situation is this, I have the BF application to fill out, however, out
> of
> the original 25 we rescued from the hoarder in Houston this past spring
> (she
> had 185 living in a 1400sq.condo in downtown Houston), I took 14 and
> someone
> else took 11.
That is scary. I live in 1100 square feet and don't even have 1/6 of
the cats she had. 185?????????? But I am feeling I need to cut down
in order to give my guys the best care. I can't even imagine 185.
That is insane.
I have "Nod" who is a 12-14 year old former street cat. He has a scar
on his tail where no hair will grow. Dr. Samon has confirmed it isn't
ringworm or any kind of skin disease, but he looks kind of like a
possum. Also the fat tomcat face as he was intact until last
November. Kinda crosseyed due to a scar from a fight or untreated
infection who knows how long ago. This adopter adores him. Yay.
Sebastian is a 12 year old blue point Himalayan, looks purebred to me,
he is going to Seattle.
> Her vet said that if they had an exposure to felv, and then were
> vaccinated,
> they had an 80% chance of staying neg.
> (jump in & correct me if I am wrong).
There has been a lot of discussion about vaccination and I don't think
anyone knows for sure, but I've never heard of vaccination after
exposure doing anything in particular.
Healthy adult cats have a ~85% natural immunity to FELV. The vaccine
provides about 80% immunity. I'm not sure how the two combine - I've
asked here and I still don't know. The FELV vaccine is not a core
vaccine according to the AAFP, but I vaccinate all my personal and
rescue cats against FELV. If I didn't have cats coming in and out and
had a stable house, I would probably not vaccinate.
>
> On another note, I was very impressed w/ the BF screening protacol for
> these
> cats, which I am sure must be standard procedure.
>
> They have a network that can do a home visit anywhere in the country, and
> a
> pilot that volunteers to fly the animals to their new homes.
>
Yes, BF has been around a long time and has volunteers coming out their
ears.
I am most impressed with their total and absolute willingness to help
any other rescue with any information they need at any time.
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