ah, you are right, of course--they are just used interchangeably so often--even by vets--that i just compounded the error. oops.
if you go to the main site, www.felineleukemia.org, you'll find a link to the archives, and there you will find us all immortalized in typescript! MC On Sat, Mar 15, 2008 at 9:15 PM, Amy Weygandt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Just to clarify, my vet said Bartonella and Hemobart > are not the same. I did the same thing and said > something about Hemobart and she corrected me that > they are positive for bartonella, not hemobart. > > I thought this was just a mail list, not a message > board so I'm not sure how to check the archives. Are > all these messages archived somewhere? > > Thanks > Amy > > --- MaryChristine <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > check the archives, because it HAS been > > discussed--hemobart is one of those > > things that seems to really be regional. one of my > > vets says that in the > > past five years, a much higher than 50 percentage of > > cats in this area are > > testing positive. are the tests just done more > > often? are they better tests? > > or is it really more of a problem? she and i both > > feel it's probably all of > > the above.... > > > > i expect that you'll find a whole lot more info on > > the web now that when i > > first encountered it in a non-FeLV cat back in 2000; > > in fact, i think > > they've just changed its name--research published > > this week and noted in the > > winn feline foundation rss feed..... > > > > if i forget to remember to send the link in the next > > day or so, someone > > please remind me! > > > > if anyone has access to medline or pubmed, and can > > get us .pdf copies of > > professional vet articles, there has been a lot of > > really neat stuff that's > > come out in the past months--not all of it > > applicable to FeLV, tho some of > > it is. i can get hard copies, but then i have to > > scan them, etc--and since > > it's a friend doing me the favor of using her > > account, well, i can't very > > well say, "um, change the format, please....." > > > > MC > > > > On Sat, Mar 15, 2008 at 4:45 PM, Amy Weygandt > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > Hi All, > > > > > > I really haven't been very active on this group > > over > > > the past couple years so I'm not sure whether this > > has > > > been discussed or not. I have a young child in my > > > home and this year my vet recommended having my > > leuk > > > positive cats tested for Bartonella. They are > > seen > > > every 6 months for full blood work ups. I have 5 > > cats > > > that have been here for several years and have > > never > > > had fleas in our home but tested anyways. Three > > have > > > been tested so far and two came back positive and > > are > > > on medication for 21 days. The other two are > > being > > > tested next week. > > > > > > Just wanted to mention this as my cats have always > > > seemed healthy other than some mild gingivitis. > > Even > > > my one cat with perfect teeth and gums tested > > > positive. My vet said she just started testing > > for > > > this recently and they are seeing tons of positive > > > cases, almost 50% of those being tested are > > positive. > > > > > > > > > Do any of you have vets that have recommended this > > > testing? My vet is a dear friend and would never > > > recommend something just to make money. She was > > just > > > concerned because of our child and cat scratch > > fever. > > > Wanted to make sure others are aware that this > > disease > > > seems to be fairly common now as many of us take > > in > > > rescues, strays, etc. That's how I got all mine > > and > > > I'm guessing they have had this all along :( I > > feel > > > bad I didn't test sooner. > > > > > > Amy > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ____________________________________________________________________________________ > > > Be a better friend, newshound, and > > > know-it-all with Yahoo! Mobile. Try it now. > > > > > > http://mobile.yahoo.com/;_ylt=Ahu06i62sR8HDtDypao8Wcj9tAcJ > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > > Spay & Neuter Your Neighbors! > > Maybe That'll Make The Difference.... > > > > MaryChristine > > > > AIM / YAHOO: TenHouseCats > > MSN: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > ICQ: 289856892 > > > > > > > > ____________________________________________________________________________________ > Never miss a thing. Make Yahoo your home page. > http://www.yahoo.com/r/hs > > > -- Spay & Neuter Your Neighbors! Maybe That'll Make The Difference.... MaryChristine AIM / YAHOO: TenHouseCats MSN: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ICQ: 289856892
