Interesting.
I don't really believe that 72% are false positives. I think the
percentages of that are much lower. I think most of the problems wtih
the ELISA come from improper handling of the kit. However, I like most
of everything else they said in the article. The ELISA doesn't give
I don't have enough authority/knowlegde to say I disagree with the last
statement cats over the age of 16 wks are virtually inmune to FeLV..I'd say I
wished, because I have seen cats older than 3 yrs to get infected.
Whether it was the cat was sick and wasn't obvious even to an ELISA(wich I had
the FeLV vaccine after 1st testing
them.
Sorry you stumbled across such mis-informtaion
Sharyl
From: Marta Gasper marta.gas...@yahoo.com
To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org
Sent: Friday, November 18, 2011 3:34 PM
Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] testing cats
I don't have
to Sheryl: I can't figure out how to reply to your msg but in that doc you
linked to, is this the most current protocol? If I understand correctly, it
says that you don't vaccinate until you get test results. well, my vet
thinking the cat was healthy, went ahead and vaccinated, even after I
I disagree that cats that are over 16 weeks are virtually immune to the
disease from my personal experience. I also know that it is the vaccination
for FIV that will always show a positive result on a test, but the FeLV
vaccination does not.
- Original Message -
From: dppl dppl
, 2011 5:33 PM
Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] testing cats
to Sheryl: I can't figure out how to reply to your msg but in that doc you
linked to, is this the most current protocol? If I understand correctly, it
says that you don't vaccinate until you get test results. well, my vet
thinking the cat
further.” – Mark Twain
Date: Fri, 18 Nov 2011 12:34:30 -0800
From: marta.gas...@yahoo.com
To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org
Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] testing cats
I don't have enough authority/knowlegde to say I disagree with the last
statement cats over the age of 16 wks are virtually inmune to FeLV..I'd
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