Re: [Felvtalk] IFA tests/PCR tests

2013-08-15 Thread dlgegg
of FeLV. So they'll > stay. And I quit rescuing, fostering and re-hab. > > Maybe I'll learn more (or someone else will) and change my mind. > > JME > > Margo > > > -Original Message- > >From: Shelley Theye > >Sent: Aug 14, 2013 9:57

Re: [Felvtalk] IFA tests/PCR tests

2013-08-14 Thread Lee Evans
when they are cats.   Spay and Neuter your cats and dogs and your weird relatives and nasty neighbors too! > > From: Lorrie >To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org >Sent: Wednesday, August 14, 2013 2:15 PM >Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] IFA tests/PCR

Re: [Felvtalk] IFA tests/PCR tests

2013-08-14 Thread Amanda K. Payne
Like others who have replied, I have worked with cat rescues and have personal experiences w/ FeLV. I trust ELISA and IFA results if done properly. However, I wouldn't run a PCR test. I feel this test is EXTREMELY sensitive and any sort of mishandling will result in an untrustworthy result. One

Re: [Felvtalk] IFA tests/PCR tests

2013-08-14 Thread Lance
If I understood the AAFP retrovirus guidelines paper, PCR tests are the only test that will show regressive infection. Theoretically, regressive infections rarely if ever surface. In other words, a true negative on ELISA/IFA should not "go positive" later on down the line. Testing, like vaccina

Re: [Felvtalk] IFA tests/PCR tests

2013-08-14 Thread Margo
n-releaseables from here. They are quite numerous. But the current crew is safe. They stay. >^..^< -Original Message- >From: Lorrie >Sent: Aug 14, 2013 3:15 PM >To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org >Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] IFA tests/PCR tests > >Margo, I rescue too, a

Re: [Felvtalk] IFA tests/PCR tests

2013-08-14 Thread Lorrie
Margo, I rescue too, and I've reached the same conclusion as you have. This testing and retesting doesn't let us know what is really going on. It is so discouraging, as well as extremely expensive when you have a lot of rescued cats. Believe me I'd like to stop rescuing too, but what do I do

Re: [Felvtalk] IFA tests/PCR tests

2013-08-14 Thread Shelley Theye
; (completely seperately, physically) in a positive household. I don't want to > subject any adopter to the possibility of the heartbreak of FeLV. So they'll > stay. And I quit rescuing, fostering and re-hab. > > Maybe I'll learn more (or someone else will) and change my mind.

Re: [Felvtalk] IFA tests/PCR tests

2013-08-14 Thread Shelley Theye
Thanks Katherine. I think I have heard that too about PCR accuracy. Shelley On Aug 14, 2013, at 10:05 AM, Katherine K. wrote: > Shelley, > > One of my vets (I'm in the US) did a PCR test, but another always does IFA > (for kittens who test positive on snap ELISA) and that seems to be more >

Re: [Felvtalk] IFA tests/PCR tests

2013-08-14 Thread Margo
adopter to the possibility of the heartbreak of FeLV. So they'll stay. And I quit rescuing, fostering and re-hab. Maybe I'll learn more (or someone else will) and change my mind. JME Margo -Original Message- >From: Shelley Theye >Sent: Aug 14, 2013 9:57 AM >To

Re: [Felvtalk] IFA tests/PCR tests

2013-08-14 Thread Katherine K.
Shelley, One of my vets (I'm in the US) did a PCR test, but another always does IFA (for kittens who test positive on snap ELISA) and that seems to be more common. I asked my vet why she chose the PCR test and she said it was more accurate. PCR results seemed to take longer than the IFA but I've a

[Felvtalk] IFA tests/PCR tests

2013-08-14 Thread Shelley Theye
Hi, I want to bring Leo back in to get the IFA test. I was reading about the company that developed the IFA test, the National Veterinary Lab. Are they the company that most folks use or can my vet send to any lab, like Antech, etc. Is one lab considered more accurate than another? Are PC