With a negative IFA, the cat should have no virus in a position to shed. It is either not present, or is sequestered in the bone marrow, and undetectable by IFA or Elisa. When a cat is shedding a virus, they are contagious. Is that what you mean?
Thanks, Margo -----Original Message----- >From: "Armstrong-Brown, Sheila DDS Timonium" <[email protected]> >Sent: Dec 22, 2016 8:12 AM >To: "'[email protected]'" <[email protected]> >Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] Negative IFA test > >I had the same situation but when the IFA is negative, the cat should shed the >virus after testing negative. They normally retest every 3 months for the >felv elisa test. The IFA test is 99.9% accurate. > > >-----Original Message----- >From: Felvtalk [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of >Corinne Shank >Sent: Wednesday, December 21, 2016 8:34 PM >To: [email protected] >Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] Negative IFA test > >Amy, > >Your story is similar to mine. I think that there is so much that vets don't >know about Felv, so it is great to hear from others with their situation. >When I found out that she had Felv from the Elisa test, her blood work was >fairly normal and since that time she has gained weight. So I think it is >wait and see situation. She still likes to wake me up at 3:00 am 😡, so I >think she still feels good. > >Sent from my iPhone > >> On Dec 21, 2016, at 4:55 PM, Amy Glunt <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> I'm interested in replies to this as well. I have a somewhat similar >> experience which I have been pondering over. My own cat, Gravy, tested >> positive on the Elisa for FeLV in March when we took her in for an ear >> infection and persistent lethargy. A month ago she had both Elisa and IFA >> tests and was negative for both and the vet said that the leukemia must have >> gone dormant in her marrow but that she would still have a suppressed immune >> system and if she gets ill again, the leukemia could possibly flare back up. >> Also, I got the news today that after a month on Winstrol and prednisolone >> (we skipped the doxycycline since she was negative) her RBC has gone from 16 >> to 40. She is a whole new cat, it's absolutely incredible, and I owe it all >> to you guys here...my Christmas miracle! >> Sorry to hijack your post Corinne! >> >> Amy >> >> Sent from my iPhone >> >>> On Dec 21, 2016, at 4:45 PM, Corinne Shank <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> My cat tested positive for Felv a few months ago from an Elisa test. I had >>> her tested after she had persistent yeast ear infections and I had read >>> that immune suppressed cats were prone to yeast infections. In addition, >>> when she was a kitten she tested positive but then tested negative. I was >>> told that she had shed the virus and that is why she tested negative. >>> She is now 8 years old. >>> >>> So I put off getting the IFA test as I wanted to see how she did and I felt >>> that she probably was infected. I finally took her in to get the test and >>> it came back negative. So I know that the virus is not in her bone marrow. >>> But what does this mean? The vet said to bring her back in 6 months for a >>> snap test to see if she has shed the virus, but is this really possible? >>> >>> Sent from my iPad >>> _______________________________________________ >>> 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 >_______________________________________________ >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 _______________________________________________ Felvtalk mailing list [email protected] http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org
