The rescue I'm part of had 4 kittens that all tested positive for leukemia. We
held them all and retested later and found one negative, some weak positives
and a strong positive. We retested again later, all 4 negative. We spoke
with somebody at the ASPCA and they said if it had been one kitten, they may
have thought test error. Since all 4 converted and still remain negative, it
appears the weak positive showed they were clearing the virus from their
system. We got very lucky!
Amy
From: Marsha <[email protected]>
To: [email protected]
Sent: Sunday, September 28, 2014 1:37 PM
Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] Light positive reading
Many years ago (early 80's I think), I had a cat that supposedly showed
a faint positive. The vet thought maybe it was a mistake, and a later
test turned up negative. I have heard that it is always a mistake, and
I have also heard the theory that a cat is fighting off the infection.
Anybody want to contact a manufacturer?
Marsha
On 9/28/2014 12:02 PM, Lance wrote:
> I’d like to know more about this as well. I was told that Ember was a “weak
> positive” at her first test. She definitely had the virus (subsequent ELISAs
> were positive, and CBCs seemed to back those up in showing immunosuppression).
>
> On Sep 28, 2014, at 11:00 AM, Kelley S <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hi guys,
>
> Long ago I learned from this list, there is no such thing as light positive
> reading. It indicates an error with the test. I don't have documentation to
> back this up, can anyone help?
>
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