Carla,
I am not an expert, but I think mom is probably positive. Felv is a virus and not a
gene so I don't think they can inherit it from the dad. That would be like an HIV-
woman having a child w/ an HIV+ man and her not contracting HIV but the baby does. I
don't think it's possible. I would retest mom ASAP. I would also think that the
kittens wouldn't all have false + results unless the same person did the test and
messed up each one! So I think mom can be positive and some/all babies be negative
but not the other way around. The other exception I guess would be if she were like
Sue's cat and it is deep in the bone marrow so not showing up on elisa. Or maybe if
she were exposed during pregnancy and managed to throw it off but passed it to the
babies in the meantime? I have just never heard of this happening. I think maybe Pam
would be the best person to answer if she is online... she has lots of experience w/
this!
Jamie
