she wasn't the one who put the cat down it was a fill in vet working at her clinic. We didn't notify them to acuse only to let them know that the other animal hospital that tested our other cats found it odd that none of them were positive.
-----Original Message----- >From: "Rosenfeldt, Diane" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Sent: Mar 26, 2007 2:58 PM >To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org >Subject: RE: Help - What are your opinions on this? > >Awkward. In this case the test may not have been false positive -- the >cat did have some symptoms associated with FeLV -- and if the cat's >lungs were beginning to fill up etc. possibly PTS was the only kind >thing to do -- but she really does need to know that there can be false >positives among adult cats as well as among kittens, particularly with >the in-office tests. I gather that the vet who's being defensive is the >one who put the positive one to sleep? If so she may feel you're >attacking her for doing so, questioning the positive diagnosis, and >that's making her defensive. But the point SHOULD be that IF she is >assuming there can be no false positives in adult cats AND is basing her >PTS protocols solely on tests that may or may not be accurate, then she >may be costing some lives. > >Diane R. > >-----Original Message----- >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Debbie >Sent: Monday, March 26, 2007 1:49 PM >To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org >Subject: Re: Help - What are your opinions on this? > >my husband said she sounded very defensive when she phoned > >-----Original Message----- >>From: wendy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>Sent: Mar 26, 2007 2:46 PM >>To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org >>Subject: Re: Help - What are your opinions on this? >> >>agreed, unless you feel like educating her, which >>might not be a bad idea. if she isn't interested in >>hearing what you have to say about false positives, >>then run for the hills. >> >>:) >>wendy >> >>--- Susan Hoffman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >>> You need a new vet. The in-office ELISA test has a >>> very high ratio of false positives. If I know this, >>> then your vet should too. She just doesn't do the >>> research. >>> >>> Debbie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: After >>> having our 14 cats tested for FELV (because we were >>> told one we had tested positive and was put to sleep >>> due to complications after a surgery) and they ALL >>> came back negative we felt we should let the vet >>> know. This was the answer we got. >>> >>> >>> "The Test result was not a false one. She said if it >>> was a kitten then it might have been but not with an >>> older cat." >>> >>> This was the scenerio: >>> >>> 1) cat was throwing up (however 2 others were also, >>> but then they stopped) >>> 2) vet x rayed - thought something was possibly >>> stuck >>> 3) operated and found lymph nodes were swollen >>> 4) biopsy taken - No cancer >>> 5) cat sent home and started to play, etc... >>> 6) stopped eating like she should >>> 7) took her back to vet >>> 8) vet said there was fluid on lungs >>> 9) vet asked if they could run a FELV test (I had >>> told them in the beginning she had never been >>> tested) >>> 10) came back positive >>> 11) vet recommended putting to sleep >>> 12) said lungs would most likely keep filling up >>> with fluids >>> 13) cat was spayed female, never been sick, little >>> thin, good appetite until throwing up (was feeding >>> Friskies Pacific Salmon when all the throwing up >>> started) >>> 14) cat was approx. 2-3 yrs old, inside cat, housed >>> and fed with 14 others. >>> >>> >>> >> >> >>"Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful committed citizens can >change the world: Indeed it is the only thing that ever has!" ~~~ >Margaret Meade ~~~ >> >> >> >>_______________________________________________________________________ >_____________ >>Never miss an email again! >>Yahoo! Toolbar alerts you the instant new Mail arrives. >>http://tools.search.yahoo.com/toolbar/features/mail/ >> > > >This electronic mail transmission and any attachments are confidential and may >be privileged. >They should be read or retained only by the intended recipient. If you have >received this >transmission in error, please notify the sender immediately and delete the >transmission from >your system. In addition, in order to comply with Treasury Circular 230, we >are required to >inform you that unless we have specifically stated to the contrary in writing, >any advice we >provide in this email or any attachment concerning federal tax issues or >submissions is not >intended or written to be used, and cannot be used, to avoid federal tax >penalties. > > >
