[Felvtalk] interferon alpha injected?

One of the vets here told someone with an FELV cat, that she could use interferon alpha as an injection. He didn't mention low dose ORAL interferon alpha. It's been my understanding that the interferon was absorbed in the back of the throat. Has anyone used interferon alpha as an injecti

Re: [Felvtalk] new positive kitten

My cat was dx with FeLV just before he was a yr old, he's 5 now and we have not had to take him to the vet or anything (knock on wood).. If anything it just slowed him down a little faster, out of that kitten phase!   Joslin & Zoey From: katskat1 To: felvtalk@f

Re: [Felvtalk] interferon alpha injected?

Hi Gloria, I would be very interested in knowing what dosage that vet uses for an injection. Interferon comes in little vial with the lowest dose in a vial being one million units and is usually 3 million units. These vials are meant to be one injection for a human, but the oral dose for cat

Re: [Felvtalk] new positive kitten

I have 7 cats rangig in age from 18 months to 12 years. All are healthy. 2, Annie (5years) and Nitnoy (around 2 years) are positive. They have been together for 4 years and my vet told me that as long as I keep the negatives vaccinated there should be no problem. They all continue o be healt