pop test? gee, i'm used to calling it a SNAP test myownself.... (after you place the drawn blood into the cavity, you have to "snap" it closed.....)
for future reference, FIV sanctuaries and rescues won't even consider a cat positive without a confirmatory western blot test.... and the FIV vaccine produces a life-long immune response that makes them test positive on both the snap and the western blot--phaewyrn just sent the link about the first, supposedly reliable, dna testing to distinquish between naturally occuring vs vaccine-induced FIV strains....
ignorant, no--overwhelmed by all the info you never knew was out there? quite likely!
On 11/12/06, Jennifer Phaewryn O'Gwynn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Yes, you're thinking of FIP. The combo test you're referring to is a combo FIV/FELV ELISA pop test (and it's generally considered unreliable due to the large number of false positives and false negatives it registers)
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