well, this is where we have to get the science people in.... if a cat
tests positive, it means it's been exposed to the virus. i would THINK
that if it's gonna be able to throw the virus off (develop an immunity
to the virus), it's gonna do that anyway. ie, if it's a healthy cat to
start with who is in the process of expelling the virus (or whatever
the technical term is), i don't think that further exposure is
cumulative.
i know of one cat who tested positive, went to live with a household of
20+ felvs, and was never retested. well, after major trauma, including
a 1500-mile transport, said cat surprisingly gave birth to five heatlhy
kittens--retesting her and all the kittens produced all negative
results....
one of the rescues i'm working with re: felvs has an immunology
doctoral student who is helping me understand more of the science--this
is one of the things i need to run by her! obviously, we do NOT want to
infect any negative cats!
(tho part of the problem with all the mis-information re: FeLV is that
even people with the facilities to segregate a possible-positive foster
are afraid to--remember, there are still people relinquishing their
beloved FeLVs to sanctuaries because their friends and family won't
visit because they're sure that either they or their cats will catch
the FeLV that way....)
education again--people who find out that
FeLV is not transmitted by a glance across a crowded room WILL isolate
a cat for the purposes of retesting when given adequate info...
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