I am rather new to FeLV but Cornell University has good sites for
information on this illness. If the anemia is from FeLV it has to be in
the bone marrow which according to what I have read, means the FeLV has been
with the cat for a long time. Our vet has our Stinky cat on Interferon and
amoxicillin. Yesterday she had a red blood count of about 13 than a retest
showed a count of 18 which they feel is too high for a transfusion but, that
will probably be low enough by Monday for another transfusion.
However, the anemia may not be from FeLV at all. There are other things
lurking out there that cause it like FIA which is hard to detect but, the
doxycycline should handle that if that is what your cat has. And, as
Michelle has pointed out, and my vet has pointed out, it may be cancer that is
at the bottom of anemia so, don't despair, it may not be FeLV. Even as
sick as my Stinky cat is, I am still holding out hopes that ELISA was wrong and
the IFA test was right!
Best of luck and all our prayers!
Stinky's Mom and Dad
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