I have a kitten that tested positive on her in-house ELISA test. I think I'm going to do the ELISA test that is sent out to the lab next. Does anyone know if antibiotics like Clavamox would affect the outcome of the test? I wouldn't think so but you never know.
“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 From: gebr...@hotmail.com To: gbl...@aristotle.net; felvtalk@felineleukemia.org Date: Fri, 4 Nov 2011 10:52:27 -0700 Subject: [Felvtalk] Felv Testing flowchart Dear Gloria and all, Here is a link that was sent to me a couple of years ago that I found very helpful. It shows a flowchart with the testing protocols. It doesn't specify much in the way of time frames though. If the kittens tests a "weak" positive on the SNAP Elisa, there is a very good chance that a later retest will be negaive. I was told to wait about a month for a retest, but have had one older kitten test negative on retest in 10 days! I had him retested sooner since he had been in foster care for over a month and his brother tested negative even through they had been very close - mutual grooming, play biting, sharing food dishes/litterboxes, etc. The SNAP tests are VERY sensitive and can sometimes produce light or weak positives if the kitten has been lightly exposed to URI but appears healthy. http://www.felineleukemia.org/felvhlth.html Here is the link to the info. I have quite a bit of other info I have accumulated in case anyone is interested. G _______________________________________________ Felvtalk mailing list Felvtalk@felineleukemia.org http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org
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