Re: [Felvtalk] Light positive reading
IT DOES NOT SOUND LOGICAL TO ME. EITHER YOU ARE POSITIVE OR NOT. Kelley S moonv...@gmail.com wrote: Hi guys, Long ago I learned from this list, there is no such thing as light positive reading. It indicates an error with the test. I don't have documentation to back this up, can anyone help? ___ Felvtalk mailing list Felvtalk@felineleukemia.org http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org
Re: [Felvtalk] Harley has a new friend
THERE IS SOMETHING ABOUT THAT NAME HARLEY. I HAVE ONE. HE THINKS HE IS KING OF THE HILL, HIS DOES NOT STICK SO NO NEED TO COVER (SISTER DEE DOES IT FOR HIM). Maya D'Alessio mde...@gmail.com wrote: Good luck! We just brought a new cat home to keep merlot company since yang died of felv in June. We are keeping them isolated, the first two days were some growls through the door at each other, but it's been two weeks now and they pay under the door. We're keeping the new girl, zoe, separate for so long so she can fight off anything she's carrying from the shelter (coccidia and uri confirmed) and so the vaccinations we gave her can build up immunity in her system. On Sep 28, 2014 1:58 PM, Marsha mar...@lynxe.com wrote: My FeLV+ cat Harley has been alone since his buddy Milkdud died May 20. I have seen many FIV+ cats up for adoption during that time, but there haven't been any local FeLV positives. I found one at a shelter nearly 2 hours away and brought him home yesterday. He is currently in an isolation cage up on a table. The shelter only tested him once, with a Snap/ELISA test. I probably should have waited until Monday and paid for their local vet to do an IFA, but he is here now. I'll call my vet 1st thing in the morning to get him in for a new test. The new boy's name is Brock, and he is all black, about 3 years old. Harley is fascinated by the new boy, but a tad jealous, and maybe even upset that it wasn't Milkdud. While I was getting Brock's crate situated in the isolation cage, Harley snatched Brock's mouse toy and ran off with it. Poor Brock never even got to play with it! But the shelter said he doesn't play much, preferring to be petted and held. That could be an issue when Brock is released from the cage, if he ignores Harley's attempt to play and climbs in my arms instead. In the meantime, I am giving Harley lots of extra attention and playing with him. Marsha ___ Felvtalk mailing list Felvtalk@felineleukemia.org http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org ___ Felvtalk mailing list Felvtalk@felineleukemia.org http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org
Re: [Felvtalk] Artical from Best Friends.
POSITIVE OR NEGATIVE, I WILL TAKE THEM. MY VET SAID THAT AS LONG AS THE OTHERS ARE VACCINATED, IT IS OKAY TO MIX. I HAVE BEEN FOR MANY YEARS NOW AND NEVER HAD A NEGATIVE BECOME POSITIVE. Kimber kimber_shannon2...@yahoo.com wrote: A loophole There's a loophole that some fortunate kittens are able to slip through. Consider the journey of littermates Socks and Mr. Jimmers, two young cats who are available for adoption from the Sanctuary. First a little background. There are two tests that are used to determine a cat's FeLV status: a Snap or ELISA, enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay, and an IFA, indirect immunofluorescent anitbody assay. Joni explains, The Snap test determines if the virus is present in the cat's system, but not at what stage. A positive on the Snap could mean the cat was recently exposed and fighting it off, or that the cat is chronically infected. When these two boys came to the Sanctuary as kittens, they tested faintly positive for FeLV on the Snap test and positive on the ELISA test. A positive on the Snap test can mean that the virus hasn’t gotten into the bone marrow, so they might be able to fight it off. For this reason, this duo lived at Cat World Headquarters, away from other cats with the virus. In time, they tested negative for FeLV on both tests. Kimber Brantley ___ Felvtalk mailing list Felvtalk@felineleukemia.org http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org
Re: [Felvtalk] Light positive reading
From a scientific standpoint, it is logical. It means that there is low amounts of antigen in the blood, but it is present. Some of the older tests used to only test for antibodies, well a cat that has been vaccinated, or exposed ever, is going to have antibodies. The SNAPP test looks for the actual antigen from the virus, and is thus much more accurate for actual infection. If there is a weak positive, it would mean that there was not very much virus found. Could be a good sign, as in the cat is fighting the infection off, or could just mean they were exposed very recently, or the strain of the virus they have has a much lower viral load (number of active viral particles in the body). On Tue, Sep 30, 2014 at 8:57 PM, dlg...@windstream.net wrote: IT DOES NOT SOUND LOGICAL TO ME. EITHER YOU ARE POSITIVE OR NOT. Kelley S moonv...@gmail.com wrote: Hi guys, Long ago I learned from this list, there is no such thing as light positive reading. It indicates an error with the test. I don't have documentation to back this up, can anyone help? ___ Felvtalk mailing list Felvtalk@felineleukemia.org http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org -- Maya D'Alessio PhD student B1 377B, x32320 Graduate Studies Endowment Fund Coordinator Biology GSA Vice Chair GSA Director At-Large University of Waterloo ___ Felvtalk mailing list Felvtalk@felineleukemia.org http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org
Re: [Felvtalk] Harley has a new friend
I HAVE HAD ANNIE FOR OVER 8 YEARS NOW. SHE IS STILL HEALTHYAND CONTRARY AS EVER. SHE WAS AN ONLY CAT FOR THE FIRST 4 YEARS AND THEN HER OWNER BECAMSE VERY ILL AND WAS IN HOSPICE SO SHE BEGAN LOOKING FOR A HOME THAT WOULD SPOIL HER LIKE SHE HAD. ANNIT SPENT MOST OF HER DAYS ON HER BED. NOW, SHE THI8NKS I SHOULD SPEND ALL OF MY TIME IN BED WITH HER. SHE ALSO WILL NOT ALLOW ANY OTHERS ON HER BED. NOT NTIL SHE IS ASLEEP THAT IS. SHE HAS NEVER SHOWN ANY SIGNS OF FELV AND NO ONE ELSE HAS CONTRACTED IT FROM HER. Marsha mar...@lynxe.com wrote: Harley was a FeLV+ kitten of 3.5 to 4 months old when I got him 4 years ago. You just never know. My biggest fear is that Harley's FeLV may soon accelerate to the next stage, but what if it doesn't, and he was alone for 3 years? Marsha On 9/28/2014 7:51 PM, Jennifer Lewis wrote: Congrats Marsha! I hope all works out well.. Our Brynn has been so lonely since we lost Smoosh, so I'd love to hear how it all goes.. We entertain getting her a new bud, but so far, all the +s that come our way are kittens, and given the mort rate, we are just too scared to go there after Smoosh... It's sad but the hole in our hearts is still too raw for us to think about a youngster (although we are such suckers when there's one in need) ___ Felvtalk mailing list Felvtalk@felineleukemia.org http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org ___ Felvtalk mailing list Felvtalk@felineleukemia.org http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org
