Sharon:
The only comment I have is that I
think stress is most definitely the culprit in my Bobby's case. I was out
of town three weeks ago and Houston had severe flooding that weekend.
The only room in the house that got water in it was the room where his
litter boxes are. I think the rain, thunder and lightening, and me
not being there for him, plus not being able to get to his litter box for a
period of time, severely stressed him out (even though I had a sitter come twice
a day). He started getting sick with anemia about two days after I got
back in town. Unfortunately I feel that he is going downhill and I can't
do anything to stop it. He is 8 months old and was born with the
virus.
Peggy
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From: Sharon Siders [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Tuesday, July 03, 2001 1:34 PM
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Subject: RE: Samantha's IFA Test ResultsGenie,I pasted this info, because I think it says that Samantha is in a latent stage.The cat's immune system can limit or eliminate the virus. About 40% of cats extinguish the virus with
16% of these fighting it off due to minimal exposure to the virus because of their isolated behavior and the
other 24% resist the disease at phase 4. All of this usually occurs between 16-18 weeks after the FeLV
infection began. About 20% of the cats put the disease in a latent stage. The disease will remain in this
latent stage until the cat becomes stressed and then FeLV will re-emerge. About 5-10% of cats go through
a sequestered stage in which viremia is limited, intermittent, or absent altogether. However the cat can still
shed the virus through blood, urine, and in its milk. This leaves a total of about 30% of cats that just go
through the disease from start to finish normally resulting in death.(1)Franklin was positive on both the ELISA and IFA tests, too. The vet said that means he is persistently viremic. He could remain latent for a long time. I guess keeping stress to a minimium is extremely important, although I'm not sure how you can remove all stress. Does anyone have thoughts on this? If we leave him with a petsitter to go on vacation, will it be too much stress? Would moving be too much stress? Would adding another cat be too much stress?There are other tests that can give an indication of where the immune system stands right now. I believe it is a T4/T2 if I remember correctly. I can check further if you want. I know that Colorado State does the test.Sharon-----Original Message-----Heard from the vet... Sigh. No real easy way to say this, but it came back
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Sent: Monday, July 02, 2001 5:15 PM
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Subject: Samantha's IFA Test Results
positive. 6 months ago she was positive on the ELISA, now we have it
confirmed, she's positive on the IFA too. The good thing is that she's
really healthy right now. I still can't help but being a bit bummed. Okay,
really bummed. With her age (she's 4) and all things considered, could she
be just a carrier? How could that be determined? Basically, I know and have
been around for all the discussions, but could someone reiterate for me what
this means? Sigh. I'm just so glad we got her on the interferon. Just in
time, I have no doubts now that it saved her life... Along with this list...
Thanks,
Genie and Samantha
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