no, but this is interesting to keep around.... i'm sorry, i haven't had a chance to look up the articles yet--i do rescue, and that's been consuming all my time lately!
haven't forgotten, tho--thought about it last night, right before i fell asleep.... MC On 3/12/07, Stray Cat Alliance <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Ten House Cats, is this the link/info that you meant when you said that 70% of cats are false positives? Anita * http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=2551866&dopt=Abstract *<http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=2551866&dopt=Abstract> *1: **J Am Vet Med Assoc.* 1989 Oct 1;195(7):928-30. Links *Comment in: * *J Am Vet Med Assoc. 1989 Dec 15;195(12):1680.*<http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?db=pubmed&cmd=Retrieve&dopt=AbstractPlus&list_uids=2557312&itool=pubmed_AbstractPlus> *J Am Vet Med Assoc. 1990 Jan 1;196(1):10-1.*<http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?db=pubmed&cmd=Retrieve&dopt=AbstractPlus&list_uids=2295538&itool=pubmed_AbstractPlus> *Interpreting feline leukemia test results.* ยท *Romatowski J*<http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?db=pubmed&cmd=Search&itool=pubmed_AbstractPlus&term=%22Romatowski+J%22%5BAuthor%5D> . Routine prevaccinal screening for FeLV has inherent statistical limitations owing to the magnification of false-positive test errors by the low prevalence of FeLV viremia in the general cat population. Positive ELISA test results obtained in a screening program should be interpreted with caution, because a high proportion--approximately 72%--of such are likely to be false-positive results. On the other hand, routine screening is an excellent method for ruling out FeLV viremia, because a false-negative result is likely to be obtained in only 1/1,000 tests. PMID: 2551866 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE] ------------------------------ Explore the seven wonders of the world Learn more!<http://search.msn.com/results.aspx?q=7+wonders+world&mkt=en-US&form=QBRE>
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