Just a wild thought... Was the Elisa done by using blood on test strip or saliva/tears??? Some vets may be still doing saliva/tears test & its notorious for being wrong.
-----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Pam Norman Sent: Monday, April 18, 2011 4:35 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] Update on Poppy/IFA test She is not positive on the IFA, she is negative. An initial positive on the Elisa & the another positive on the Elisa, but at the same time, a negative on the IFA. On 4/18/2011 1:09 PM, TANYA NOE wrote: > Positive on IFA means it has reached the bone barrow and there is no clearing the virus. If she is positive on the snap test again (and it has been at least 6 weeks since she last tested positive) then she is FeLV positive, but you need to wait the full 6 weeks to give her body time to clear the vius. There is still a slight chance she could clear the virus from her body even if it has been 6 weeks but most likely she will not. I have spoken with the maker of the snap test because we were always told that there we a lot of false positives and at my clinic there were probably 2-3 of every 10 tests that were positive, but IDEXX says that the tests are 99.999% accurate. > Whether you mix or not is completely up to you. We mixed our girls 2 years ago. Since cats over the age of 1-2 years of age begin to develop a natural immunity and our negative cat is properly vaccinated the risk of the non-positive contracting FeLV is small. There is still a risk but it is very small. > I hope this helps and thanks for taking care of this kitty!! > Tanya > > > --- On Mon, 4/18/11, Pam Norman<[email protected]> wrote: > >> From: Pam Norman<[email protected]> >> Subject: [Felvtalk] Update on Poppy/IFA test >> To: [email protected] >> Date: Monday, April 18, 2011, 10:38 AM Test is in from >> IDEXX. Poppy is IFA >> negative! BUT they did another Elisa (the >> first was done in-house)& she is still Elisa positive. >> >> So tell me now what this means. I have to go off to Madison right >> now but when I get back I will re-read all the links with this >> confirmed info in hand. My woman who is willing to take Poppy into >> her FeLeuk positive sanctuary, says she will test positive on the >> next IFA in a month & all this IFA means is that she does not have >> melanoma or something else. My vet is kinda skeptical too. But you >> all are the ones who are hands on every day (well, so is my woman >> with the sanctuary) but I need your input. >> >> My intention now is to get her to the vet for worming. That wasn't >> done for some reason. Will probably try to do that when I transition >> her out of the condo. Into a crate. >> Then she will have my spare room, with one hiding place. I have a >> twin bed in there but am going to take the frame out& put the >> mattresses on the floor cause I don't want her hiding under the bed >> in the dark all the time. Same with stuff up against the wall. There >> is a low to the floor desk& I guess I will let her have that but >> will barricade everything else& leave several open crates with >> towels around also. >> >> Meanwhile her appetite is very good. >> >> I KNOW she wants to be with other cats, but I just can't put one of >> my negative kitties in there. Marie, at the sanctuary, would loan me >> a nice cat but it would be positive & that would eliminate any >> little chance Poppy might have. >> >> Your thoughts, please please. >> >> Pam >> _______________________________________________ >> Felvtalk mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.or >> g >> > _______________________________________________ > 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 _______________________________________________ Felvtalk mailing list [email protected] http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org
