Re: I have a cat with FIV

[TenHouseCats]

theoretically, a DNA/PCR test can tell the "wild" virus from the vaccine strain, and i know that research is being done on refining the testing. last i heard, tho, the testing wasn't very reliable--not that PCR testing itself isn't, but that labs for some reason weren't getting consistent results.... sorry, can't remember better details!

On 12/22/05, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

In a message dated 12/22/05 12:11:42 A.M. Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:

I can't believe that there isn't a known way to test. So many cats are in jeopardy due to the vaccination if the shelters don;t specially test them. Its a hard concept for me to grasp that they passed this vaccination without considering the outcome of lost or abandoned pets. Erin

Exactly my point!   That's just WHY I think that this vaccine is so, "controversial".

Sometimes it's all about the $$s ~ and once those $$ signs start flashing, well........

 

Patti

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