No expert either, but that would seem almost impossible for kittens to be
pos and mom neg. Was IFA used on mom.... don't forget, some cats "hide" the
virus... maybe mom is. Not an expert on kittens, but I wonder in interferon
at this stage would help? Can't see how it would hurt?
sue c
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>Subject: Re: kittens being positive
>Date: Mon, 10 Sep 2001 16:15:30 EDT
>
>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
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