If the IFA is negative you'd want to retest on the Elisa after 3 month to see if they shook the virus.
If the IFA is positive there is not need to retest on either the IFA or ELISA. They are definitely positive at that point..
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From: Natalie <at...@optonline.net>
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Sent: Wednesday, June 27, 2012 7:34 PM
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But if the IFA is negative again, there’s really no need to do another one to prove or disprove anything – it would only confirm one of two things: It’s still not in the bone marrow, or it’s in the bone marrow. If two snap or ELISA tests were positive, there’s no need to wait for anything other than the IFA becoming positive, showing it’s in the bone marrow – and you never know how soon it happens or how long it will be – makes no difference, they’re still positive!
I had a kitten that didn’t make it past a few months, but the adult cats (the ones I mentioned before), did a lot better, one dying of unrelated to FeLV and the other one doing
really well.
From: felvtalk-boun...@felineleukemia.org [mailto:felvtalk-boun...@felineleukemia.org] On Behalf Of Beth
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Sent: Wednesday, June 27, 2012 2:47 PM
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If the IFA's are positive there is no need for re-testing. It is replicating in their
bone marrow.
Beth
From: Jamielynn Storch <jlsphotograp...@gmail.com>
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Sent: Wednesday, June 27, 2012 6:12 PM
Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] Foster mom with FELV kittens follow up
To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org
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Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] Foster mom with FELV kittens follow up
Yes I understand this however if the IFA comes back positive on all 3 its my understanding they have it..no need to wait 2 months and re-test a positive IFA means its spread to the marrow. So if we get a positive snap and negative IFA we will wait another month and test again until 2 confirmed positives or negatives result.
I do know the diagnosis could mean anything...1 year or 6+ ...and sounds like their are even cases of cats being a carrier that dont every get symptomatic btu can still spread the disease. My fiances brother had 2 FELV+ cats (not littermates...adopted a 2nd positive cat as a companion for the 1st) and one died at 1 year old and the other 3 months later.
I wish I had a set timeline but I knwo thats not possible and I just dont have the space at my house. This was supposed to be my last foster litter before having my own human children..in which they are currently living in what will be renovated into our baby nursery. I never ever fostered with the intention to adopt. Im devoted to finding these guys a home and really hope its possible...sadly as much as I love them it just isnt my home thats forever for them :(.
Lee Evans moonsister22 at yahoo.com
Wed Jun 27 12:43:10 CDT 2012
I do know the diagnosis could mean anything...1 year or 6+ ...and sounds like their are even cases of cats being a carrier that dont every get symptomatic btu can still spread the disease. My fiances brother had 2 FELV+ cats (not littermates...adopted a 2nd positive cat as a companion for the 1st) and one died at 1 year old and the other 3 months later.
I wish I had a set timeline but I knwo thats not possible and I just dont have the space at my house. This was supposed to be my last foster litter before having my own human children..in which they are currently living in what will be renovated into our baby nursery. I never ever fostered with the intention to adopt. Im devoted to finding these guys a home and really hope its possible...sadly as much as I love them it just isnt my home thats forever for them :(.
Lee Evans moonsister22 at yahoo.com
Wed Jun 27 12:43:10 CDT 2012
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Just had a FIV+/FeLv+ cat retested. He had FIV but he tested
negative for FeLv. He's going into my FIV+ section, not because I think that FIV would be contagious to my regular cats but because he never lost his male fighting spirit so let him annoy the FIV's. I do have three FIV+ cats mixed in with my regulars because they never even heard of fighting. Docile, sweet, loving. But Percy, well....! Anyway, you need to wait for at least 2 months to retest the kittens. My vet advised me to wait for that period of time. I had another FeLv cat turn from positive to negative. I still have him. Rescued him 6 years ago and he was already an adult from the streets. No health problems. If your kittens are acting normal, seeming health, it's probably because they are and will turn. I have seen true FeLv kittens from the same litter. It has been my experience that they usually don't make it
to a year old. Spay and Neuter your cats and dogs and your weird relatives and nasty neighbors too!--
Jamielynn Storch
www.jlynnphotographyonline.com
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