How are they both doing? Are they asymptomatic?
From:
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[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On
Behalf Of Chris
Sent: Wednesday, June 01, 2005
11:28 AM
To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org
Subject: RE: average lifespan
I’ve got a 6 + year old who tested pos
last year though vet thinks she had it all along and a 4+ that I took in as a
stray last year who also turned out to be pos….
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[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On
Behalf Of Barbara Baass
Sent: Wednesday, June 01, 2005
12:34 PM
To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org
Subject: RE: average lifespan
Yes, this is
very depressing. Tom was about a year and a half the vet said and I guess now
he is 2 years old. I know now from what the group said what to expect of
his life span. Maybe another year or two.
Is Salome just
a carrier or is it in the bone marrow? To be 9 years old, she must be a
carrier??
Barbara Baass
Hideyo Yamamoto
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This is just so
depressing to think about, isn’t it?
I look at Ginger, who is
just a year old and every day, I fear of the day – but fortunately she is
doing very good and try not to think about it too much, instead, I try to
concentrate on loving her more - I am going to continue to fight with
Ginger no matter what..
From:
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[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On
Behalf Of Barbara Baass
Sent: Tuesday, May 31, 2005 3:04
PM
To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org
Subject: Re: average lifespan
Doesn't seem to be a long life span. Looks like maybe 3 to 5 or
6 years. I believe that Tom was born with this because it is in the bone
marrow. He probably got it from his mother. It is a shame that we have to go
through pain and suffering before we die. At least most of the time we do.
Barbra Baass
Terri Brown
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Salome' is still with me. She's 9.
RuthieGirl was 6 months (1996 -- not a FeLV related
death; she was Salome's littermate).
Siggie, Sammi, and Guinevere are FeLV negative.
=^..^= Terri, Salome', Siggie the Tomato Vampire,
Guinevere, Sammi, and 5 furangels: RuthieGirl, Samantha, Arielle, Gareth and
Alec =^..^=
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Sent: Monday, May
30, 2005 11:44 PM
Subject: Re: average
lifespan
Yo Jenn -
My darling Calawalla Banana Boo-boo was 3 years old. (2004)
My sweet Mittens was maybe 2.5 yrs. (2003)
My baby Mr. Black kitty was FIV and FELV+ - vet said he was 18. I
don't believe it. Think he was a bit younger than that - 10 yrs
maybe? (2002)
Gloria
>Well, my Moogie, who was born with FELV, lived 18 months, but it
>varies widely, and also, I did not take drastic measures to prolong
>her life. Had I done everything to the extreme, she may have lived
>to be 2 years old. I'm not really sure what the "average" life
span
>of FELV+ cats is, but one study has been done on the lifespan
>expectations for cats infected with feline leukemia virus that
>tested persistently viremic (continuously tested positive). In the
>study, reported by Dr. Susan Cotter in the November 1991 issue of
>the Journal of the AVMA, most cats died within two years but about
>20% of the cats lived three or more years. Of course, if everyone
>here tells you how old their FELV+ furangels were when they passed
>on, then you'll get a good sampling, and be able to draw your own
>conclusions, but you'll have to know how long they had the virus,
>not just how long they lived, because some of them may have caught
>it later in life, and that would skew the numbers.
>
>This could potentially be a very interesting thread, I wonder if we
>qualify as a "study group"?
>
>Jenn
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