Yes, they were adults, all indoor kitties, and no they hadn't been vaccinated. I had quarantined the kitten until he could be tested and was very happy when his ELISA came up negative. My vet said false negatives are rare so in this case the ELISA didn't pick up the virus. I was angry with the vet because she said it wasn't her policy to do two tests, which in the case of a stray kitty adviseable.
They kitten was a stray I found in a parking lot. About a year later he had a dental and the vet thought the stress of the anesthesia activated the virus. I had always heard the FELV vaccine was a little dangerous; although they were all vaccinated after little Henry Lee turned positive to no ill effect, even my tiny hypernatremia kitty, Sylvie. Bonnie ----- Original Message ----- From: catatonya <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Sunday, January 23, 2005 9:00 am Subject: Re: Being a worry wort > Were the adults that caught the diseases from the kitten adults > who were utd on their leukemia vaccines? > > Again, they could have caught it from the kitten even in that > situation. But, also, it could have been that they were 'false > negatives'. That's the thing. How do you really know? >
