[Felvtalk] feline leukemia tests

2013-06-12 Thread Karen Harshbarger
I had my 5 cats tested for feline leukemia when believed to be exposed.  First test 4 tested positive and yesterday (90 days later) all 5 tested negative.  my vet said retest in 45 days and see what we get.  If two test with same diagnosis then that is the results.  Has anyone ever had this

Re: [Felvtalk] feline leukemia tests

2013-06-12 Thread Lance
I'm not sure about this, but I *think* this might be what's called regressive infection. It's not as bad as it sounds. This is a new way of looking at cats we used to think threw off the virus. The paper 2008 AAFP Retrovirus Guidelines puts it this way: Regressive infection is accompanied by

Re: [Felvtalk] feline leukemia tests

2013-06-12 Thread Margo
now, after treatment, he's symptom free. As is Gribble. (Knocking madly on wood). Not much help, huh? Margo -Original Message- From: Karen Harshbarger <harshbargerka...@yahoo.com>Sent: Jun 12, 2013 1:33 PM To: "felvtalk@felineleukemia.org" <FELVTALK@FELINELEUKEMIA.

Re: [Felvtalk] feline leukemia tests

2013-06-12 Thread Margo
Hi Lance, Thanks! I don't know if I have that or not, but it sounds interesting G. And it does give me some hope. All the best, Margo -Original Message- From: Lance <lini...@fastmail.fm>Sent: Jun 12, 2013 1:55 PM To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org Subject: Re: [Felvtalk]

Re: [Felvtalk] feline leukemia tests

2013-06-12 Thread Beth
  From: Karen Harshbarger harshbargerka...@yahoo.com To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org felvtalk@felineleukemia.org Sent: Wednesday, June 12, 2013 1:33 PM Subject: [Felvtalk] feline leukemia tests I had my 5 cats tested for feline leukemia when believed to be exposed.  First test 4

Re: [Felvtalk] feline leukemia tests

2013-06-12 Thread Lance
Yeah, it does show that persistent infection isn't necessarily inevitable when a cat is exposed and infected. It's sad that we don't know more about how often regressive vs. persistent happens. There are a lot of things I think we need with regard to information. For Christmas, I'd like some

Re: [Felvtalk] feline leukemia tests

2013-06-12 Thread Amanda K. Payne
Lance, I could totally get behind your Christmas Wish List. I rescued my first FeLV+ kitten ten years ago. In that decade, there seems to be little to no progress made in FeLV prevention and/or treatment. Instead, the information I come across is more confusing than it was when I first heard of

Re: [Felvtalk] feline leukemia tests

2013-06-12 Thread Margo
<lini...@fastmail.fm>Sent: Jun 12, 2013 3:44 PM To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] feline leukemia tests Yeah, it does show that persistent infection isn't necessarily inevitable when a cat is exposed and infected. It's sad that we don't know more about how often regress

Re: [Felvtalk] feline leukemia tests

2013-06-12 Thread Lance
I've been wrestling with these thoughts a lot lately. I wrote to Marley Fund to see if they'd ever advocated for trials, but it sounds like it's outside of their mission. Maybe no one advocates for trials, but I was under the impression that something like that was done for HIV/AIDS. I wrote