I've always seen FIV kittens turn negative after being taken away from mom for
a period. I've never seen a kitten positive on an FeLV test turn negative
later. I have seen litters where 1 might consistently test negative on an Elisa
the others are positive, but the negative has always eventually turned
positive, even after being removed from mom.
I know there are others with different experiences, but this has always been my
experience..
Beth
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From: molvey...@hotmail.com molvey...@hotmail.com
To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org; felvtalk@felineleukemia.org
Sent: Thursday, July 19, 2012 7:47 AM
Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] FW: Transmittal via fleas
I missed most of this thread so I'm sorry if I'm repeating something you guys
know are have already said, but regarding FIV test coming up positive - the
ELISA test looks for the antibodies to FIV, not the virus itself (which I
thought was odd considering the ELISA test does look for small fragments of the
actual FeLV virus, not antibodies). So if a kitten's combo test is positive
for FIV it just means he's got antibodies and he probably got those from his
mother through her milk. Normally mother cats don't bite their kittens hard
enough to spread the actual virus so I've also never had a kitten with FIV. If
the combo test shows positive then usually it will turn negative after the
mother's antibodies are out of his system.
Just wanted to throw out that little tidbit of info I got from my vet in case
it helps.
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From: Natalie at...@optonline.net
To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org
Subject: [Felvtalk] FW: Transmittal via fleas
Date: Wed, Jul 18, 2012 9:48 pm
The FeLV kitten that I had didn’t make it past 3 months….it was really sad for
Nemo to be isolated from all the cats, especially at such a young age…he
started having a serious seizure and it was the end.
One of the adult cats was adopted, had a really bad episode after his move from
the stress, but is doing really well again. His new “mom” is a veterinarian.
The other one died from renal failure – he was a lot older than we thought.
Natalie
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[mailto:felvtalk-boun...@felineleukemia.org] On Behalf Of Lee Evans
Sent: Wednesday, July 18, 2012 7:14 PM
To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org
Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] Transmittal via fleas
Some kittens born to FeLv+ mothers do turn negative but it's more likely that
an adult who contracted the disease from another adult will fight it off and
turn negative, like my cats Moses and Percy. Percy is FIV+ though. He's a
young street fighter rescued in terrible condition. I'm really happy he fought
off the FeLv. I have an FIV+ area for my little colony of positives so no
problem. Percy is going to join them this week. He's all shiny and fat now.
The bad news about FeLv kittens is that most of them never make it to
adulthood. The ones who do will live for about 2 years. Taco and Smooch were
rescued as adults already. They were FeLv+. They lived with me for about 2
years. They were buddies, from different street situations but they bonded
nicely the last year of their lives.
Spay and Neuter your cats and dogs and your weird relatives and nasty neighbors
too!
From:GRAS g...@optonline.net
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Sent: Wednesday, July 18, 2012 4:50 PM
Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] Transmittal via fleas
In the 20 years of cat rescue, with so many FIV+ mother cats, not a single
kitten EVER was FIV+! And when and if tested, there was absolutely no sign of
it by age 3 months, although some vets say that it could be up to 6 months.
They shed the virus quite rapidly as their immune systems develop.
I have never heard of kittens born to FeLV mothers ever being negative.
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