One thought process that I've run into is that a healthy adult cat
(FELV negative) has a hearty enough immune system to successfully deal
with the FELV virus without acquiring it.
I can't see that vaccinating them at this point would be of value.
Just my 2c
Gloria
From: Maureen Olvey <[email protected]>
Date: March 21, 2011 12:07:44 PM CDT
To: <[email protected]>
Subject: [Felvtalk] Yet another question.....
Reply-To: [email protected]
I've mentioned my kitty Two Face earlier because she died two weeks
ago and when they did the necropsy they found out she had a huge
tumor and was FeLV +. Since then I've had a few of my other kitties
tested with the combo/snap test at the vet's office. All have come
out negative so far, thank the Lord for that. These other kitties
that have tested negative lived with Two Face for over a year.
Sharing litterboxes, food bowls and all that stuff. I would think
that would mean that they had enough exposure to the virus to get it
in their system and that they either extinguished the virus or put
it into a dormant status. Is that a reasonable assumption? My main
question now is should I give them a FeLV vaccination. If they did
get the virus in their system and extinguished it then they're
immune for life, right? If so, there's no need for a vaccination.
Is it possible with all that exposure that they didn't get enough of
the virus into their system to do any harm? If that's the case then
I should vaccinate them? I just don't know how they could not have
gotten enough exposure since they lived together and shared
everything for over a year.
Thoughts?
“I am not interested to know whether vivisection produces results
that are profitable to the human race or doesn’t….the pain which it
inflicts upon unconsenting animals is the basis of my enmity toward
it, and it is to me sufficient justification of the enmity without
looking further.” – Mark Twain
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