i've ALWAYS wondered if daddy's contributed to viral status--could being truly positive affect the gene plasma (is that the term?). i know that there are things that do that in humans, so why not in cats? (viruses aren't genetic! is what i get back, but i'm talking about changes that the virii might produce.....)
MC On Thu, Jun 3, 2010 at 6:56 AM, Lorrie <[email protected]> wrote: > That's interesting Carmen, I wonder if having different males > father the kittens could be the reason some were positive and > other's negative when the mother was negative. I guess we'll > never know. > > Lorrie > > > On 06-02, Carmen Conklin wrote: > > 1. RE. Immunity. > > > Hi, Lorrie, I read with interest your post and wanted to weigh in > > on an interesting circumstances that happened at our sanctuary some > > years ago which made us determine that we had to test every cat and > > kitten in a litter. We had a mother cat come in who was pregnant. > > She was NEGATIVE for any virus (several tests) She had five > > kittens. Two of those kittens were Positive FeLV and three were > > negative (from then on) Since then we have had others tell us a > > similar story. Something to do in the breeding part I believe. > > The post made me think of that mother cat and her five kittens. > > Carmen > > _______________________________________________ > 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
