veterinary medicine. (however, she does not deal
with living animals but does pathology on deceased animals for a large spca on
the other side of the country.) this is info about a positive ELISA followed by
a negative IFA (what my cat Sport produced) and also includes what causes a
false positive
No, but the cat also isn't necessarily positive. False positives can and do
happen.
Thanks for the clarification, Gloria. I'm glad for that answer.
Rinn
On Apr 5, 2008, at 5:31 PM, Gloria Lane wrote:
No, unlike the FIV vaccination, the FELV vaccination doesn't cause
them to test positive. If they do test positive, however, it's a
good idea to retest.
Gloria
On Apr 5,
No, unlike the FIV vaccination, the FELV vaccination doesn't cause
them to test positive. If they do test positive, however, it's a good
idea to retest.
Gloria
On Apr 5, 2008, at 4:00 PM, Rinn Siegrist wrote:
Hi, all,
This has probably been covered before here, but please permit me to
Hi, all,
This has probably been covered before here, but please permit me to
ask a newbie question:
If a cat who shows up at a shelter has been vaccinated against FeLV
but nobody knows it, does he test positive on the SNAP combo test?
This really grinds my gears that cats get euthanized b
I'm glad Nebs is better. And yes it is common for a cat to test positive and
then test negative. It could be due to recent exposure.
tonya
elizabeth trent <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
I am SO glad Nebs is better and that you weren't victims of the bad
information you received. I hope
Hi Lori,
Thanks so much for posting your story about Nebs. Thank goodness you
were strong enough to follow your heart and not take the advice of your
vet! Hopefully your story will help educate your vet, (is this your
ex-vet now?), and save more lives in the future. I would suggest that
you
Run and find a new vet!!! Your current one is not up
to date on FeLV. You can get a good idea of which vet
might be up to date by calling some vets in your area
and asking them personally over the phone what their
philosophy is on treating FeLV. Thank God for Nebs
you did not listen to your vet.
That's a great analogy, Phaewryn...
elizabeth
On 3/7/07, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Cats get sick all the time. Getting sick doesn't have anything to do with
FELV. When a human gets a cold, we don't assume they have AIDS and refuse to
give them any cold medicine, do we? The
Cats get sick all the time. Getting sick doesn't have anything to do with
FELV. When a human gets a cold, we don't assume they have AIDS and refuse to
give them any cold medicine, do we? The same applies to cats. FELV is far,
far, far, way totally far, from the ONLY thing that can lead to illness i
70% of healthy adult cats can process the virus out of their systems, so a
positive test may only be an indication that a kitty has recently been
exposed because so many cats can be exposed and still "get over it,"
retesting is vital, and a single positive test should never be accepted as
fina
On 3/6/07, Lori S <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
I have seen a lot of you post that your cats posted negative, positive,
negative. Is this common? Do some cats get over it or are the tests errored?
My cat tested positive, negative. False positives are *very* common.
Some cats do get over it, an
I am SO glad Nebs is better and that you weren't victims of the bad
information you received. I hope very much that you can find a good vet.
elizabeth
On 3/6/07, Lori S <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
I have seen a lot of you post that your cats posted negative, positive,
negative. Is this commo
At 06:39 PM 3/6/2007, you wrote:
BOY do you need a new VETand learn to do fluids at home, we can
all help and there is a pharmacy on line where you can get what you
need once you become comfortable and I CANT IMAGINE a vet with
holding treatment!
Congratulations for using your
I have seen a lot of you post that your cats posted negative, positive,
negative. Is this common? Do some cats get over it or are the tests errored?
My beloved Nebs was diagnosed two weeks ago just after his fourth birthday. I
took him to the vet with a very bad case of the runs and no appetite.
Ditto!
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From: catatonya
To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org
Sent: Monday, May 09, 2005 7:05 PM
Subject: Re: False Positive
We have been on this list a long time It's still the best
too.
tBONNIE J KALMBACH <[EMAIL P
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From: Hideyo Yamamoto <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Monday, May 9, 2005 6:22 pm
Subject: RE: False Positive
> Hi, Bonnie,
>
> How was Henry Lee when you first found him? He was three years
> old when
> you first found him? Did he look very healthy?
>
. I lost Henry first and the other two within two years.
Bonnie
www.elephants.com
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From: Hideyo Yamamoto <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Monday, May 9, 2005 6:22 pm
Subject: RE: False Positive
> Hi, Bonnie,
>
> How was Henry Lee when you first found him
Sent: Monday, May 09, 2005 5:06 PM
To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org
Subject: Re: False Positive
We have been on this list a long time It's still the best
too.
t
BONNIE J KALMBACH
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Tonya,
Yes, this was back in '97. They all
underneath and wake up looking like "what happened?"Bonnie with seven kitties and two
pupswww.elephants.com- Original Message -From: catatonya <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>Date: Sunday, May 8, 2005 2:30 pmSubject: Re: False Positive> Bonnie,> > I remember when all of this happe
ups
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From: catatonya <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Sunday, May 8, 2005 2:30 pm
Subject: Re: False Positive
> Bonnie,
>
> I remember when all of this happened. : ( I don't remember
> though if they had all been vaccinated? Also,
positive. I lost all of my positive kitties, but Claudette. She "threw off" the virus, and has tested negative ever since.Bonnie- Original Message -From: Dawn Ritzke <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>Date: Friday, May 6, 2005 2:51 pmSubject: False Positive> About 3 weeks ago my 10 month old kit
Claudette. She "threw off" the virus, and has tested
negative ever since.
Bonnie
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From: Dawn Ritzke <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Friday, May 6, 2005 2:51 pm
Subject: False Positive
> About 3 weeks ago my 10 month old kitty, Smeagol, died from feline
--you will find very supportive people. it might just be
quiet
during this mother's day weekend but I am sure others will email you.
Barbara
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From: "Dawn Ritzke" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To:
Sent: Friday, May 06, 2005 3:51 PM
Subject: False Positive
>
will find very supportive people. it might just be quiet
during this mother's day weekend but I am sure others will email you.
Barbara
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From: "Dawn Ritzke" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To:
Sent: Friday, May 06, 2005 3:51 PM
Subject: False Positive
> About
recently had her retested again and this time she came back negative. I
am going to have her tested again in one month. She is very healthy. I
understand the chance of a false positive is about 3%. I am not very
familar with feline leukemia. Does anyone have any advice or suggestions
have no idea if the two females were related.
Del
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From:
catatonya
To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org
Sent: Tuesday, March 29, 2005 7:54
PM
Subject: Re: OT:FIV false positive? LONG
answer!
It IS strange, isn't it, how cool the f
Ha! I had to go back and read your original sentence to see what you
were talking about. I must be able to read meow, the syntax didn't
throw me at all!
Nina
TenHouseCats wrote:
um, let me rephrase that one sentence: "so that any bite inflicted
will not be deep enough to pass the virus." (some
um, let me rephrase that one sentence: "so that any bite inflicted
will not be deep enough to pass the virus." (sometimes i wonder if
meow was my first language, explaining my increasing inability to
write a complete sentence)
MC
karolyn, there is no credible evidence at this point that FIV passes
in ANY way other than DEEP, PENETRATING bites--certainly not by
licking! it has to be blood to blood, and even rough play bites do not
seem to be a problem. remember that FIV+ generally passes during
serious male to male fights ov
This could be because if the FIV+ cat (Licks) washes the FIV- cat and
then if the FIV- cat licks it's self on the spot where the FIV+ cat
licked him/her and said cat has a break in the skin in it's mouth it is
then possible that the FIV- can become FIV+
It has been my experience that 99% of FIV+ cats live to die of things
related to negative old cats
part of the problem is that we don't know anything about these guys'
history BEFORE they come to us--even with young cats, we don't know
what diseases/illnesses they've had before, what genetic problems they
are carrying around etc. so it's hard to know which is their past and
which is the virus...
My cat Snowball, who was 8 and FIV+ when I adopted him, had constantly infected eyes, nose, and ears. I don't know if it was herpes-- it was before I knew these things and before I knew about Lysine. But he was sick with URI's a lot, and it did seem to be a result of the FIV. He had been rescued o
We had one, a feral we adopted to keep a male feral FIV+ company.
But I think they are usually male, because it is spread through biting and the toms bite each other when they fight.
Charlie, the FIV+ I care for at the shelter, is huge and laid back too.
Michelle
In a message dated 3/29/2005 7:
It IS strange, isn't it, how cool the fiv cats are! My fiv cat was just as you described. The MOST laid back, friendly, neat cat I've ever had. HUGE! Especially when I first rescued him and he wasn't neutered yet. (I don't know his age, but he was old and died of hepatic liver disease. We didn
005 12:05 PM
To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org
Subject: Re: OT:FIV false positive? LONG answer!
oh, heavens, yes, chris--not only that, but to a great degree, all FIV
really seems to do is make cats big, lazy and couch-potatoes...
seriously--from the experiences at the FIV/FeLV sanctuary, the
HEALTHIEST popula
eLV/FIV kitties & other stuff:
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From: TenHouseCats <[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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To: mailto:felvtalk@felineleukemia.org>>
Sent: Monday, March 28, 2005 4:37 PM
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oh, heavens, yes, chris--not only that, but to a great degree, all FIV
really seems to do is make cats big, lazy and couch-potatoes...
seriously--from the experiences at the FIV/FeLV sanctuary, the
HEALTHIEST population--including the owner-surrenders, strays and
ferals, were the FIVs.
three years
than
if they were out and about on their own (which they all were before they
found me!).
Chris
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Sent: Tuesday, March 29, 2005 1:29 PM
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risk
from virus than FELV cats?
Chris
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Gloria B. Lane
Sent: Tuesday, March 29, 2005 1:13 PM
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Subject: RE: OT:FIV false positive?
FIV cats can normally be expect
vtalk@felineleukemia.org
Subject: RE: OT:FIV false positive?
FIV cats can normally be expected to live long lives if well cared for
(for example, not outside as strays).
Gloria
At 10:44 AM 3/29/2005, you wrote:
>I have a couple of questions/thoughts on this. First, no mention of anyone
>vaccinated, no
olute last, 5 years is a long time in this field
Chris
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Sent: Tuesday, March 29, 2005 6:11 AM
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Behalf Of catatonya
Sent: Tuesday, March 29, 2005 6:11
AM
To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org
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positive?
I don't know but I know 2 vets who mix fiv
cats in their own homes with negatives.
tonya
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mamoto <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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Sent: Monday, March 28, 2005 4:50 PM
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I will try to find it - it was an official experimental study done by
someone (whom of course I can't remember)
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hideyo, i would be very interested in seeing any info showing
non-aggressive contact passing the FIV virus-
lineleukemia.org>
Sent: Monday, March 28, 2005 4:37 PM
Subject: Re: OT:FIV false positive?
> hideyo, i would be very interested in seeing any info showing> non-aggressive contact passing the FIV virus--that goes against> everything i have read and if there IS such info, it's imp
FIV kitties & other stuff:http://community.webshots.com/user/sicky_icicle
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From: TenHouseCats <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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Sent: Monday, March 28, 2005 4:37 PM
Subject: Re: OT:FIV false positive?
> hideyo, i would be
day, March 28, 2005 4:50 PM
Subject: RE: OT:FIV false positive?
I will try to find it - it was an official experimental study done by
someone (whom of course I can't remember)
MC,
You're absolutely right, it does depend on the cat. Every being is an
individual and I've met my share of loners. I can guarantee you that my
Ursula would much prefer to be an only cat. I was trying to "train" her
out of her surly behavior to some of our other cats, and secluded her in
t
on the other paw, nina (that phrase is how you can tell i'm a
libra)--sometimes i think we judge a cat's comfort needs in our
terms rather than in theirs. WE may not want to live in one room, but
for someone who's never known regular shelter, food, care,
warmth--perhaps it IS enough for them. a
Hideyo,
I too suspect that it's faulty info. I have a friend that rescues and
has taken in FIV+. As long as they are friendly she mixes them with the
negatives and has never had any others come up + because of it. Most
vets will advise on the side of caution.
I know you have a lot to conside
n't remember)
>
> -Original Message-
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> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of TenHouseCats
> Sent: Monday, March 28, 2005 5:37 PM
> To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org
> Subject: Re: OT:FIV false positive?
>
> hideyo, i would be very intere
t: Re: OT:FIV false positive?
hideyo, i would be very interested in seeing any info showing
non-aggressive contact passing the FIV virus--that goes against
everything i have read and if there IS such info, it's important that
all of us with positives know! (i tend to suspect it's not cu
hideyo, i would be very interested in seeing any info showing
non-aggressive contact passing the FIV virus--that goes against
everything i have read and if there IS such info, it's important that
all of us with positives know! (i tend to suspect it's not current
info, but since things change so qui
the negatives became positives
after a several months -
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From:
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Behalf Of Del Daniels
Sent: Monday, March 28, 2005 3:07 PM
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positive?
I'm not very up to da
mixed with negatives. Is there another reason to separate her if she is
FIV+?
Del
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From:
Hideyo Yamamoto
To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org
Sent: Thursday, March 24, 2005 11:59
AM
Subject: OT:FIV false positive?
Buddha (Squeekie)s blood
house at this time) –
but I have always felt (just a feeling) that it was false positive for some
reason, but the meantime, he was isolated from others just in case – and two or three years later
(which is sometime last year), I tested him again, and this time, in ELISA,
both in house clinic and
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