Definitely pos mom gave birth in trap to 5 kittens. 2 survived, one pos, one neg tested over and over. Adopted, both retested negative down the road. No explanation either but it must be possible. What I don't understand is a kitten testing neg while the virus is latent, then breaking with it years later - is this something that really happens and there is need to worry about?
Thanks, Janine ----- Original Message ---- From: Natalie <at...@optonline.net> To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org Sent: Sat, December 11, 2010 9:05:33 AM Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] Insight Please That's what happened to a rescuer friend - I was in Mexico at the time and couldn't post to the group myself - another member kindly posted for me. However, my friend heard back from only one person. Mother cat with 6 kittens; mother and 2 kittens negative, 4 kittens borderline positive. The veterinarians are vexed; I thought that since many of you had experienced or heard of quite a few false positives with certain tests lately, there might have been an answer. My assumption would be that the were exposed to another FeLV cat. Natalie -----Original Message----- From: felvtalk-boun...@felineleukemia.org [mailto:felvtalk-boun...@felineleukemia.org] On Behalf Of Marnie Sent: Saturday, December 11, 2010 12:53 AM To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org Subject: [Felvtalk] Insight Please My shelter just took in a litter of 5 kittens. They are about 8 weeks old. The 3 females tested possible for feline leukemia with the Idexx snap test and the 2 males were negative. We retested from another batch of tests and the same thing. How is this possible if they are all from the same mother? Can anyone shed some light on this please? Marnie Sent from my iPhone _______________________________________________ Felvtalk mailing list Felvtalk@felineleukemia.org http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org _______________________________________________ Felvtalk mailing list Felvtalk@felineleukemia.org http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org _______________________________________________ Felvtalk mailing list Felvtalk@felineleukemia.org http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org
