Does the kitten have enlarged glands? Sent from my iPhone.
On Oct 9, 2012, at 10:06, Natalie <at...@optonline.net> wrote: > Janine, > As I understood it, the kitten was only “slightly” positive? This would > suggest that the kitten wasn’t born to a FeLV+ mother, but must have picked > it up, otherwise the kitten would have tested a definite positive. You can > retest in one month, but it may not be enough time for the kitten to have > shed the virus while its immune system develops. > > The re-testing time should be 3 months/90 days after the initial test. It is > always suggested that any cat that is tested, FIV/FeLV, should be isolated > and retested in 3 months. The test could be negative when taken too soon > after exposure – I think that’s when the 28 days comes in, the virus can be > detected after that time – but we never have any way of knowing when a cat > was exposed. > > so far, we’ve always been lucky. I forgot that we had an adult cat in 1992 > that tested positive; we kept her isolated, and retested in 3 months – she > was negative, and was adopted, and dumb adopter let her escape, we personally > searched all over for her, but she was never found….. > > From: Felvtalk [mailto:felvtalk-boun...@felineleukemia.org] On Behalf Of > janine paton > Sent: Monday, October 08, 2012 11:46 PM > To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org > Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] 9 kittens, one testing pos > > Hi Natalie, > > We are not certain which is this kitten's mom, because the whole colony is > mixed up. One mom drops 2 kittens off, another picks them up. They are all > sharing. > > From: Natalie <at...@optonline.net> > To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org > Sent: Mon, October 8, 2012 11:06:33 AM > Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] 9 kittens, one testing pos > > Janine, you wrote that some of their moms tested negative. How about the > positive kitten’s mom - was she pos or neg? I would retest with the ELISA. > I find it strange that a kitten would show a weak positive if the mother was > positive because their kittens are positive, or should be. If the kitten’s > mom is not positive, could this kittens have been exposed to a positive cat > and therefore be a weak positive? What was the vet’s explanation? > I don’t have much experience with FeLV – I have quite a few FIV. I had a > FeLV+ kitten years ago, and he died within 2 months. Last year, I had 2 > FeLV+ adult cats (already in the bone marrow), one died of CRF and the other > one was adopted by a veterinarian and still doing really well. > Those two FeLV+ cats were living with a large group of healthy cats for about > 6 months…I have retested, starting with the youngest and oldest, and then > everyone in the middle – not a single cat contracted FeLV! I consider myself > quite lucky! But there are many on this list who have FeLV+ cats living with > healthy ones, some vaccinate the healthy ones, and some do not. > Natalie > > From: Felvtalk [mailto:felvtalk-boun...@felineleukemia.org] On Behalf Of > janine paton > Sent: Sunday, October 07, 2012 8:21 PM > To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org > Subject: [Felvtalk] 9 kittens, one testing pos > > Can anyone explain to me why if from point of exposure to actually testing > pos is 28 days, if this is correct, why we can't just retest in one month > using Elisa? And if all excepting the one testing weak pos, stjill test neg, > is this good enough? All 8 kittens and some of their moms tested neg, just > the one a weak pos. I am asking because I am trying to make this make sense > to me and keep everyone safe. And foster homes understanding. > > Thanks, > Janine > > _______________________________________________ > Felvtalk mailing list > Felvtalk@felineleukemia.org > http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org
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