Also remember that cats with age, do develop some natural immunity to FeLV as well as having the vaccine on board. Information changes all the time. One month I hear hours to days and another I hear days to weeks. There are also a lot of factors that go into that like sun, ph, how much FeLV was involved, temperature, etc. and we are typically talking about minuet amounts from sneezes etc.
Tanya --- On Sun, 5/1/11, Sharyl <[email protected]> wrote: > From: Sharyl <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] New Info found > To: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> > Date: Sunday, May 1, 2011, 3:53 PM > I don't know what to tell you. I > have always given my negative cats the FeLV vaccine. I > mixed my positives and negatives but did not worry since the > negatives were adults and vaccinated. I understand that no > vaccine is a 100% guarantee but it is better than doing > nothing. > > Many adult cats have developed an natural immunity. > > We each do what we think is best for our cats. > Sharyl > > From: Lynda Wilson <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > Sent: Sunday, May 1, 2011 2:58 PM > Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] New Info found > > I found this link from Cornell University. Cornell states > that previously it was thought that FeLV could only live > minutes to a couple hours outside the host (cat) on surfaces > such as glass, carpets, etc. Now from studies it can last > DAYS TO WEEKS! 2008 is the most recent publication I found > regarding how long FeLV can survive outside the host. This > concens me greatly since I just lost a kitten to FeLV in > March and still have an unprotected cat that may contract > it. So my surviving cat was still getting exposed possibly > weeks after my kitten had died? How frightening! Please give > me your thoughts. Here is the link: > > > http://www.vet.cornell.edu/fhc//news/docs/FLVirus.pdf > > > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jannes Taylor" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Sunday, April 17, 2011 11:51 AM > Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] Amber's kitty palace > > > Sorry, I don't think the link will work. I am in the > process of trying something > else. > Jannes > > > > > ________________________________ > From: Jannes Taylor <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > Sent: Sun, April 17, 2011 11:15:43 AM > Subject: [Felvtalk] Amber's kitty palace > > Hello Everyone, > Please dlick on this link to see photos of Amber's new > kitty palace. <div > style="width:480px;text-align:right;"><embed > width="480" height="360" > src="http://static.pbsrc.com/flash/rss_slideshow.swf"; > flashvars="rssFeed=http%3A%2F%2Ffeed1113.photobucket.com% > Amber is the felv positive kitty we rescued 7 weeks ago. > She was on death's door > > just absolutely starving and did not look well. She had no > energy to even play. > After 7 weeks of TLC and good food it is hard for me to > believe she has any > issues at all. I have three healthy cats upstairs and I am > not willing to take > the chance of exposing them to the virus even though they > have been vaccinated > against felv. > I am so glad I did not have Amber euthanized! The vet was > leaning in that > direction. God bless you all for all that you do for our > sweet feline friends. > Jannes > _______________________________________________ > 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 > _______________________________________________ > 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
