Thanks, Tonya.
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Brenda,
I know this is true for fiv. You can't test under a certain age because of false positives from the mother's antibodies. To my knowledge, though, it's NOT true for felv.
t"Brenda K. Smith" [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Gloria. I thought I read on here, though, that a kitten this young
Hmmm - well, if the kitten tests positive for FELV, then he has the
virus. I think it's an antigen test isn't it, not antibodies, for
the office Elisa test. But as I understand, his little immune system
could still throw the virus off, as you said. He should be tested
again. I really
Gloria.
I thought I read on here, though, that a kitten this young could be
showing antibodies to felv from his mother?? I'm just trying to find
out if being positive on both the Elisa, Snap and IFA at 5 weeks old
(when tests were given) is proof positive that he will always be
positive
Hi All..
I have a friend who's mother in Oregon rescued a little boy kitten
who is about 6 weeks old now. Last week he tested positive for felv on
the in office test. I don't know if it was the Snap or Elisa. The
lady, Margaret, said they also sent out a sample to be tested at a
lab. I
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