Re: FeLV

[Cherie A Gabbert]

Amber which is the one that came up positive, she was tested twice before and she was negative, so it must have been dormant or hidding somewhere.

Faye Lewis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

Unless the parents are positive but they were only tested when the virus was
hiding in the bone marrow or elsewhere.


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>I have racked my brain...I can not think of anywhere, unless one of my ! cats
>carries it.
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>[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:In a message dated 1/7/2005 11:17:55 A.M. Eastern
>Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
>Everyone has beed tested recently, my concern is that it happened so fast
>and so consuming.
>
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>If everyone has been tested recently..and ALL were negative..then no one is
>sheding the virus...if his parents were 100% negative..I see absolutly no
>way he came into contact with the virus!!! UNLESS he got outside? did he
>mabey escape? even just once....If all th cats were tested recently...and
>they were all negative..then I would call for an autopsy..this vet may have
>just "jumped to conclusions" based on..I dunno what...but with what you
>first said..about her deciding Snowball had FeLV based on her platelet and
>white blood cell count..and now that all your other kitties are 100%
>negative....there is NO WAY he was positive!!! UNLESS he did come into
>contact with another cat at somepoint...think..think ...think...
>
>Lisa
>and fur-brats
>Akira--FeLV miracle baby www.geocities.com/anzajaguar
>Indy-- Truley Indian Jones as a cat..FEARLESS
>Lance- Mini wire haired dashchund
>Bow-Tie- 2yr old (ssshhhh he doesnt know he is 15 :) ) jack russel cross
>Bennie Bird-- Vampire cockatiel
>Anza-- sexist Senegal parrot..deffinantly a ladies bird :)
>