PCR is unreliable and a waste of
money.
You must wait 120 days tobe sure
of ANY test result by ANY means, due to the nature of the virus:
Cats will test positive around 30 days post-exposure on the ELISA test. The
pathogenesis of FeLV can take one of three paths. Cats can be transiently
Subject: Re: Moses tested FeLv+ and FeLv- I'm confused!
PCR is unreliable and a waste of money.
You must wait 120 days to be sure of ANY test result by ANY means, due to the
nature of the virus:
Cats will test positive around 30 days post-exposure on the ELISA test. The
pathogenesis
Depends on the lab and you never know WHAT lab your vet is going to send
it to.
Let me put it this way, a very valid study was done on the PCR test for FIV
(which, granted is different from FELV), and they tested several cats, some
who were positive, some were negative, and they threw in some
If done correctly it's the same as a DNA test. I don't feel like I
wasted my money.
PCR is unreliable and a waste of money
--
Belinda
happiness is being owned by cats ...
Be-Mi-Kitties
http://bemikitties.com
Post Adoptable FeLV/FIV/FIP Cats/Kittens
http://adopt.bemikitties.com
FeLV
UC Davis does this test and it is very inexpensive
(relatively). I think this is the link.
http://www.vetmed.ucdavis.edu/ccah/Homesite%20Images/Diagnostic%20PCR%20Price%20Schedule.doc
If you have men who will exclude any of God's
creatures
from the shelter of compassion and pity,
I believe Guelph University in Canada does PCR testing, there's a list member in Canada who used them.
It's a sticky situation and up to personal comfort levels as to whether or not people mix their FeLV+ and FeLV- kitties - there are both "types" of people on this list. I do know that no one on
Every time I click on this link it won't connect. Is the link okay?
Leslie =^..^=
On 11/14/06, Marylyn [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
UC Davis does this test and it is very inexpensive (relatively). I think this is the link.
gotten a cat tested with the PCR?
Lee
- Original Message -
From:
Marylyn
To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org
Sent: Tuesday, November 14, 2006 5:05
PM
Subject: Re: Moses tested FeLv+ and FeLv-
I'm confused!
UC Davis does this test and it is very
inexpensive
Message -
From:
Lee
Evans
To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org
Sent: Tuesday, November 14, 2006 5:19
PM
Subject: Re: Moses tested FeLv+ and FeLv-
I'm confused!
Hi Marilyn,
UC Davies is a good idea. Unfortunately, your link is not for UC
Davies but for a website
?
Has anyone ever gotten a cat tested with the PCR?
Lee
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From:
Marylyn
To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org
Sent: Tuesday, November 14, 2006 5:05
PM
Subject: Re: Moses tested FeLv+ and
FeLv- I'm confused!
UC Davis
environment thank you for taking good care of this
kitty..
From:
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[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On
Behalf Of Leslie Lawther
Sent: Tuesday, November 14, 2006
4:10 PM
To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org
Subject: Re: Moses tested FeLv+
and FeLv- I'm confused!
Every time
I click
Hi Lee,
First of all, thank you for helping this stray and caring enough, (and
knowing enough), to not take the first test as definitive. Your
comment about the outhouse cracked me up. I can relate, I'm out of
space myself. A while back we had a lively discussion about PCR
testing for felv.
think twice about the babies that are going to be born.
Blessings to you,
Lee
- Original Message -
From:
Hideyo Yamamoto
To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org
Sent: Tuesday, November 14, 2006 5:44
PM
Subject: RE: Moses tested FeLv+ and FeLv-
I'm confused
on.
Lee
- Original Message -
From:
Nina
To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org
Sent: Tuesday, November 14, 2006 6:14
PM
Subject: Re: Moses tested FeLv+ and FeLv-
I'm confused!
Hi Lee,First of all, thank you for helping this stray and
caring enough, (and knowing
Yes Joey was PCR tested because him and Bailey (FeLV+) were very
close, he was negative, him, Bailey and the rest of the gang all lived
together for 11 years and nobody ever got it from Bailey.
Has anyone ever gotten a cat tested with the PCR?
--
Belinda
happiness is being owned by
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