Re: PCR TEST--Is it accurate?

[Cherie A Gabbert]

Wonderful news....

BONNIE J KALMBACH <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

My Nina had this test for FIP and my vet said it was as reliable as
you could get as FIP is so hard to diagnose for sure. It cost $80 and
was sent to a lab in Colorado. Nina tested negative and since the test
was last spring and she is doing well, we're pretty sure she doesn't
have FIP.

Bonnie

----- Original Message -----
From: Faye Lewis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Thursday, January 13, 2005 6:29 pm
Subject: PCR TEST--Is it accurate?

> Is this test genuinely reliable?
>
> >From: Nina <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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> >Thank you Lisa and Barb, I'll ask my internist about the PCR.
> I'm not sure
> >I'll test Timmy at this point, but it's nice to know I have an
> option
> >besides the bone marrow biopsy.
> >Nina
> >
> >Barb Moermond wrote:
> >
> >>polymerase chain reaction - it's a way to do a DNA test with a
> small
> >>sample - it replicates the DNA of the sample so they can read it
> better>>
> >>*/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/* wrote:
> >>
> >> In a message dated 1/12/2005 5:04:21 P.M. Eastern Standard
> Time,>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
> >>
> >> Thanks Lisa. What does PCR stand for? Is that the bone
> >> marrow test?
> >> Nina
> >>
> >>! no its not the bone marrow test...that is actually a very
> invasive>> painful procedure...PCR ...I dont remember what it
> stands>> for..but they use a blood sample like they do for teh
> IFA and the
> >> ELISA test...HOWEVER it must be sent to the lab
differently..so
> >> make sure your vet knows before they draw blood for it what
> test>> you want...it looks at the genetic level of the cat..at
the
> >> genetic level any change anywhere in teh body can be
> seen....and>> the FeLV virus is a retrovirus..which means it
> alters teh cats
> >> genetic code
> >> 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 :)
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>Barb+Smoky the House Puma+El Bandito Malito
> >>
> >>"My cat the clown: paying no mind to whom he should impress.
> Merely living
> >>his life, doing what pleases him, and making me smile."
> >>- Anonymous
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