Kittens can sometimes have a false FIV + result. The FIV portion of the combo test looks for FIV antibodies so if the kitten has antibodies from the mother still in it's system then the kitten can show positive for FIV. But waiting a little and testing later the kitten will usually show negative because the Mom's antibodies will no longer be present. Other than that I haven't heard of too many false positives for FIV. I'm sure there are and I just haven't looked into it. If those test kits aren't handled properly they can show false positives for FeLV so I would think they could for FIV too.
“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 Date: Fri, 18 Nov 2011 12:34:30 -0800 From: [email protected] To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] testing cats I don't have enough authority/knowlegde to say I disagree with the last statement "cats over the age of 16 wks are virtually inmune to FeLV"..I'd say I wished, because I have seen cats older than 3 yrs to get infected. Whether it was the cat was sick and wasn't obvious even to an ELISA(wich I had been told it can give false FIV results but is accurate on FeLV) I don't know. Being on the rescue & adopt out position, I've to get my adoptables tested and vaccinated. It'd be wonderful if everybody would know the facts Marta http://homelessnomore.webs.com/ --- On Fri, 11/18/11, dppl dppl <[email protected]> wrote: From: dppl dppl <[email protected]> Subject: [Felvtalk] testing cats To: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> Date: Friday, November 18, 2011, 6:27 PM As I continue to try to learn as much as possible about this illness and testing the kitten I found, I came across this post on the Best Friends site questioning the testing process. I was wondering if anyone had any comments on its contents?Thanks http://network.bestfriends.org/groups/smitten_by_kittens/pages/feline-leukemia-testing-why-are-you-wasting-your-money.aspx -----Inline Attachment Follows----- _______________________________________________ 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
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