I'm sorry what if the web site that had this imformation about the
Protein-A?
I would like to have something to show my vet if I bring up Protein
A.
Thanks
Carla
Date sent: Fri, 18 May 2001 15:19:16 -0600
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I would suggest doing the injections and if and only if the cat later develops tumors
go the ICR route because it is so complicated and hard to find someone who knows how
to do it. Cats also response just about as well to injections -- cats positive but not
on the last with a tumor.
I opted for ICR removal because of the cat's condition and because at the time Immune
Complex Removal had been studied more and especially against tumors than had the
injection.
Basically what happened was that they first started with the Immune Complex Removal
(ICR) and in the process they packed a filter with the bacteria (Heat Killed) that has
the Protein A on its cell wall. Then they passed the cat's plasma over the filter and
back into the cat. There was a question
about how much of the Protein A might be leaking and getting into the cats. So they
testing
it out by giving cats small doses of straight Protein A and escalating them to see
what happened. What happened was that they found that the injections triggered just
about as strong an immune reaction to the FeLV as the ICR Treatment did.
Then one scientist went on and directly testing the injections against the virus in
several experiments and that is where the use of Protein A came from and how its use
came about. Later some vets started using it and so on.
J
Irregardless, I would also use alpha interferon too
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> Is the whole complicated "removal" process any more effective than just simple
>Protein A injectio
ns? You said you opted for the former b/c of the tumor. Is it just more aggressive
or what?
>
> What I'm getting at is that those of us w/ Felv+ cats without tumors could all try
>and find vets
who will do the injections which seem to be pretty straightforward if I am
understanding you correc
tly. But if the only wat to get that 40% seroconversion rate is by the removal
process, then are w
e comparing apples to organges here when we talk about the "removal" over the
"injections?"
>
> I am sure Dr. Brucker will do this for Andy if I just tell him what it is and
>perhaps where to ge
t it- the injections that is. I would be more than happy to enlist him as a "test
kitty" for this
informal experiment :) Nothing to lose right?
>
> Jamie
