I would have the cat retested on IFA. Cats can test negative if they are postive if it's during the intal virus incubation.
We had a cat test negative in our group the kittens got adopted. One got really sick took to vet and he tested postitive. All the other did too. Retested the mom and she was positive. My guess the the cat was just infected and had not gone thru the blood stream. Or could just be a false positive meaning the cat was around a cat that was positive. Hard to tell I would retest and if + retest in 3 months. If it's early enough then maybe the kitten can through off the virus. Carla Date sent: Wed, 06 Apr 2005 09:29:00 -0500 To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org From: "Gloria B. Lane" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Copies to: Subject: need help - a negative, later positive - ? Send reply to: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org > I've got a question - our group took in a kitten from animal control , > 8 weeks old, in May 2003. He was tested for FELV/FIV (Elisa snap > test) in November 2003, and tested negative. We adopted him out about > March 2004. The new owner just reported back that he was havine URI > problems, and he tested positive for FELV. > > I've heard that tests on kittens aren't dependable. Any insight into > this? > > Gloria > >
