Re: SNAP test faint positive, queen, 5 kittens

2007-01-04 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
You're very welcome! And I'm so glad it was a bad result. Just to be SURE, you should confirm the negative with an IFA, which you can also do right away if you want. I would definitely test the kittens (and mom) for tritrichomonasis. Even if mom does not have diarrhea, she could still be a

Re: SNAP test faint positive, queen, 5 kittens

2007-01-03 Thread lynette
I would run another SNAP ELISA test asap, as operator error accounts for a hi gh rate of inaccurate results. It could have been a bad test, it could have been a bad testing procedure, it could be anything, but false results are known to happe n with that kind of test. Thank you again for

Re: SNAP test faint positive, queen, 5 kittens

2007-01-03 Thread TenHouseCats
if we learn nothing else from this list, RETEST... RETEST RETEST ought to be the one thing! On 1/3/07, [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I would run another SNAP ELISA test asap, as operator error accounts for a hi gh rate of inaccurate results. It could have been a bad test,

Re: SNAP test faint positive, queen, 5 kittens

2006-12-30 Thread Nina
Hi Lynette, Bless you for the work you do and for helping this mom and her kittens in particular. I saw Phaewryn's response and I agree with it and don't have anything to add. Please be sure to let us know how everyone is doing and ask as many questions as you like. It's always a shock to

SNAP test faint positive, queen, 5 kittens

2006-12-28 Thread lynette
Hi all, I do rescue work in the Chicago area. My group took in a queen from another organization; she was about to give birth and in fact did so hours after we received her. Fast forward three months... three of the kittens were sterilized and SNAP tested negative/negative on 12/2. She was

Re: SNAP test faint positive, queen, 5 kittens

2006-12-28 Thread Jennifer Phaewryn O'Gwynn
1) How much danger of contracting the virus are my cats in (they received their last feleuk vaccine in late October)? Little to none. Adult healthy cats are naturally immune to FELV in most cases, plus yours were recently vaccinated with a vaccine that is 85% effective, so I'd say you are