Yes, good luck. I will be thinking of you. Sent from my iPad
On Aug 26, 2011, at 11:12 AM, Natalie <at...@optonline.net> wrote: > FYI – did someone already post this? Seems familiar. > > Sam Thomas > > From A Feral Cat Chat List..... I just learned some very interesting > information about FELV. ??? had three cats test positive for it, when they > knew that it was very unlikely ( neither the mother nor any of the other > kittens in the litter tested positive, after repeated tests and they had the > mother with them for a while before birth. One of the vet volunteers followed > up. She had blood drawn at Caring Hands Vet and sent to Auburn University > College of Veterinary medicine Pathology Diagnostic Services , which does > some different tests, at about $30 cost. > > Auburn University College of Veterinary Medicine Pathobiology Diagnostic > services says that the Idexx SNAP test can cause a positive result because > some cats have a reaction to the cat serum in the test. They did two other > tests on all three cats using a blood test called IFA as well as by another > ELISA test called Symbiotics Viracheck. All three cats tested negative on > both tests. And they concluded that they had reacted to the serum used in the > Idexx SNAP test!! > > Also we should get the word out that the Idexx tests can cause false > positives> > > The number of the Auburn University facility is 334-844-2690 > > > > _______________________________________________ > Felvtalk mailing list > Felvtalk@felineleukemia.org > http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org
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