there's no mention of it in the 2008 AAFP guidelines, and i would expect it to be there.
On Tue, Apr 20, 2010 at 4:51 PM, jbero tds.net <[email protected]> wrote: > Granted it is older, but I see nothing in the literature later to refute > this information. > > On 4/20/10, MaryChristine <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > check the date: 1996. see my other note! > > > > i found a link to a 2000 article in the same journal. is there anything > > later than, say, 2005? > > > > MC > > > > On Tue, Apr 20, 2010 at 4:31 PM, jbero tds.net <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > Okay, this is kind of technical but it basically supports the idea that > > > mutations (in this case deletions in DNA) result in a more virulent and > > > pathogenic virus worsening the disease state as these mutations are > > gained > > > by the virus. Here's the link. > > > > > > http://jvi.asm.org/cgi/reprint/70/1/359.pdf > > > > > > > > > On 4/20/10, MaryChristine <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > > i do know that there are different strains, but really haven't > > > encountered > > > > this before--so anything you send to the list will be gratefully > > > digested! > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Tue, Apr 20, 2010 at 4:17 PM, jbero tds.net <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > > > > > > > Yeah, it's felv type c. You know how there are three types A and B > > > being > > > > > those transmitted and C being the mutated form that primarily > causes > > > > > disease. Let me see if I can find a good paper. > > > > > > > > > > Jenny > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On 4/20/10, MaryChristine <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > jeni, i have NEVER seen or heard about mutated versions of > > > FeLV--FeCoV, > > > > > > yes, > > > > > > which mutates into FIP. but this is something completely new, and > i > > > > would > > > > > > like to see some backing for the statement. > > > > > > > > > > > > there is significant research that implies that many truly > positive > > > > FeLVs > > > > > > NEVER become symptomatic, and that they are NOT contagious--the > > 2008 > > > > AAFP > > > > > > guidelines show the citations for this, and it is NOT new > research, > > > > just > > > > > > ignored. > > > > > > > > > > > > i have also never seen any ACTUAL data proving the latency > theory: > > > with > > > > > > cats > > > > > > who are never retested after a negative test, there's no way that > > we > > > > will > > > > > > ever know that the cat wasn't positive all over. there has just > not > > > > been > > > > > > enough research done to know how long a truly positive cat DOES > > shed > > > > the > > > > > > virus. they DO have a pretty good idea of that with FeCoV, > because > > > it's > > > > > so > > > > > > common (over 100 strains, i believe). i guess i want a > definition > > of > > > > > > latent: yes, a positive can go years without becoming > symptomatic, > > > and > > > > if > > > > > > that's all it means, fine. however, i've been seeing if used for > > cats > > > > who > > > > > > only test negative once.... > > > > > > > > > > > > more input, as they say! > > > > > > > > > > > > MC > > > > > > -- > > > > > > Spay & Neuter Your Neighbors! > > > > > > Maybe That'll Make The Difference.... > > > > > > > > > > > > MaryChristine > > > > > > Special-Needs Coordinator, Purebred Cat Breed Rescue ( > > > > > www.purebredcats.org > > > > > > ) > > > > > > Member, SCAT (Special-Cat Action Team) > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > > > Felvtalk mailing list > > > > > > [email protected] > > > > > > > > > http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > > Felvtalk mailing list > > > > > [email protected] > > > > > > > http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > > Spay & Neuter Your Neighbors! > > > > Maybe That'll Make The Difference.... > > > > > > > > MaryChristine > > > > Special-Needs Coordinator, Purebred Cat Breed Rescue ( > > > www.purebredcats.org > > > > ) > > > > Member, SCAT (Special-Cat Action Team) > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > Felvtalk mailing list > > > > [email protected] > > > > > http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Felvtalk mailing list > > > [email protected] > > > http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > Spay & Neuter Your Neighbors! > > Maybe That'll Make The Difference.... > > > > MaryChristine > > Special-Needs Coordinator, Purebred Cat Breed Rescue ( > www.purebredcats.org > > ) > > Member, SCAT (Special-Cat Action Team) > > _______________________________________________ > > Felvtalk mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org > > > _______________________________________________ > Felvtalk mailing list > [email protected] > http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org > -- Spay & Neuter Your Neighbors! 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