It is the vaccination for FIV, not FelV, that causes a cat to test positive for FIV, and you are certainly right about the tests for FelV being a crapshoot.
Lorrie On 05-31, Ardy Robertson wrote: > That stress thing I believe is a big factor. Tigger, who apparently had > FeLV since he was a kitten, was living a healthy life as an indoor-only > cat, and the only other cat I had indoors with him was an old-lady cat > named Peekers. They got along great, slept together, ate together, etc. > I was unaware that Tigger had FeLV since I had him tested when I found > him. Then in November of 2014 I brought in a stray female who was well > behaved at first, but then became jealous of the attention I gave > Tigger and she would run up behind him and bite him hard. Tigger was > stressed out about it and was always looking over his shoulder, > wondering when she would bite him next. I believe that is what caused > his last FeLV crisis which began in September of 2015. > > > I have since adopted a one year old female named Topaz, and she came > from a shelter through a pet store. They told me she is spayed, wormed > and has had all her shots. I asked about testing/vaccinating for FeLV, > and they said "FeLV is a crapshoot". They said the testing is not > reliable and the vaccination is often not effective. My vet told me > this before that. But the manager of the pet store also said once you > vaccinate a cat for FeLV, they will always test positive....does anyone > know if this is true or not? > > > Thank you!! > > Ardy _______________________________________________ Felvtalk mailing list Felvtalk@felineleukemia.org http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org