I have a question for Dr. Susan, actually, it's a couple of questions. As you know from my posts, Timmy has tested negative. That's great news, and I hate to look a gift test in the tube, but, I know that it's possible that the FeLV is sequestered in his bone marrow and not able to be detected by the ELISA. I had thought that the only way to tell for sure if he has indeed shucked the virus and is truly negative, was to do a bone marrow test. Lisa posted that latent FeLV can also be determined with a PCR test (Polymerase Chain Reaction) using a blood sample. Is this test reliable for this purpose?
Also, if a cat was positive and later tests negative, does that mean he will forever be immune to the disease? If that's the case, it wouldn't be necessary to vaccinate against FeLV, is that correct?
Thank you so much for getting these questions to Dr. Susan, and thank Dr. Susan for her gracious help with our babies.
Nina
