i tried to find a vet's office in town who'd do that--no one would. (this is a town with 3 24-hour-hr emergency vets, 6 housecall vets, a vet school, two cat-only vets... seems the vet students set down roots while in school, then never leave!)
On 11/27/06, Gussies mom <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
My vets office told me they can take blood from all the kittens an combine it and use 1 or 2 tests, depending on the size of the litter. If the tests come back at all positive, they then do individual tests. This can save money, which I guess is what these rescues are trying to do by only testing one in the litter. Beth Kelley Saveika <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Yes, I agree this is bad. I hate it when rescues do this. Even Nathan Winograd, who is against testing, states that the one thing you should not do is selective testing. Either test none or all. I think people do this because they really do not understand the disease, or have outdated information. I tried to educate my previous rescue group regarding FELV and it fell on deaf ears. On 11/25/06, Dianne K Perry, Ph.D. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Here I have learned that the policy with rescue cat groups is that they test 1 in the litter of feral cats.....my Asia did not get tested but her brother did.....he tested negative but her paperwork states she was tested a year ago....and was negative. When I called that vet yesterday I was told no we do not have a record of her being tested, we only test one in a litter and it was her brother that got tested, Pierre. > > I think the all should be tested. > > Dianne > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: catatonya > To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org > Sent: Saturday, November 25, 2006 7:06 PM > Subject: Re: Felv+/FIV+ policy for rescues > > > I would not test. I just haven't been on list lately. I wish testing had never started. Vaccinate and adopt is what I would do. FIV and Felv should be treated as any other illness a cat might come down with. > t > > Kelley Saveika <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Wow, this is a lot of information to process. Thanks everyone! > > I know there are a lot of people who advocate NOT testing and was surprised to find no one spoke up on that angle. One of my favorite animal people, Nathan Winograd, does not test for FIV and only tests for FELV because the board insists. > > I know most of the well known feral cat groups do not test cats who appear healthy, but that's a different can of worms. > > I will say that all cats that come into rescue are initially tested, because that is what the shelters around here do. I have set up that I will require owner surrenders provide proof of negative combo test. > > I'm not sure about the statements about eventually having lots of FELV+ cats to deal with. In this area I know people who have been doing rescue for years and not come across a single case or maybe one or 2. > > What I don't want is for a foster to end up in the position I did, when I had a kitten test light + and no one, from the director on down, could tell me what to do, what was going to happen to the cats, etc. > > Fortunately she and the rest of that litter later tested negative. > > > On 11/12/06, Kelley Saveika <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > wrote: > > > > Hi guys, > > > > If you were establishing a rescue, what kind of felv/fiv testing policy would you use? If the cats were positive for either or both, what would you do? > > > > Thanks for your input. > > > > Kelley > > > > -- > > Vist the Rescuties store and save a kitty life! > > > > http://astore.amazon.com/rescuties-20 > > > > -- > Vist the Rescuties store and save a kitty life! > > http://astore.amazon.com/rescuties-20 > -- Vist the Rescuties store and save a kitty life! http://astore.amazon.com/rescuties-20 ________________________________ Everyone is raving about the all-new Yahoo! Mail beta.
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