Re: [Felvtalk] research on feline interferon alpha

2013-11-13 Thread Shelley Theye
Thank you for the recommendation. I'll check it out. Shelley On Nov 12, 2013, at 12:13 PM, trustinhi...@charter.net wrote: > Shelley, I have mentioned this before but I give my Pookie "Wei Qi" > recommended by my holistic vet for immune support. I give him (and the other > cats) one tea (ti

Re: [Felvtalk] research on feline interferon alpha

2013-11-13 Thread Shelley Theye
Thanks Lance. I'll look into DMG. Shelley On Nov 12, 2013, at 11:59 AM, Lance wrote: > LTCI is an American-made product and is *not* an interferon. I’m referring to > feline recombinant interferon omega that has the trade name of Virbagen > Omega, originally manufactured by Virbac. Glad to h

Re: [Felvtalk] research on feline interferon alpha

2013-11-12 Thread Margo
I second the recommendation for DMG. One of my cats loves the stuff, the others don't mind it. Worth a shot... Margo -Original Message- >From: Lance >Sent: Nov 12, 2013 11:59 AM >To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org >Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] research on feline interferon

Re: [Felvtalk] research on feline interferon alpha

2013-11-12 Thread trustinhim13
Shelley, I have mentioned this before but I give my Pookie "Wei Qi" recommended by my holistic vet for immune support. I give him (and the other cats) one tea (tiny) pill a day for immune health. It is resonable in cost and there are 200 pills in the bottle, so it lasts a lot. It is an Eastern

Re: [Felvtalk] research on feline interferon alpha

2013-11-12 Thread Jennifer Lewis
Thanks! Jen L On Nov 12, 2013, at 7:58 AM, Shelley Theye wrote: > Thanks Katherine. So LTCI is the same thing Lance is referring to as feline > recombinant interferon omega ? > Shelley > > > On Nov 12, 2013, at 9:34 AM, Katherine K. wrote: > >> Hi Shelley and Jennifer, >> >> When my 10 yr

Re: [Felvtalk] research on feline interferon alpha

2013-11-12 Thread Lance
LTCI is an American-made product and is *not* an interferon. I’m referring to feline recombinant interferon omega that has the trade name of Virbagen Omega, originally manufactured by Virbac. Glad to hear that LTCI may have helped your cat, Katherine. Shelley: You might consider supplementing w

Re: [Felvtalk] research on feline interferon alpha

2013-11-12 Thread Shelley Theye
Thanks, I'll check out the link and archives. Shelley On Nov 12, 2013, at 11:05 AM, Katherine K. wrote: > No, I don't think so but honestly can't remember the difference without > looking it all up again. Try searching the listserv archives. You can find > out more about LTCI at http://tcyte.

Re: [Felvtalk] research on feline interferon alpha

2013-11-12 Thread Katherine K.
No, I don't think so but honestly can't remember the difference without looking it all up again. Try searching the listserv archives. You can find out more about LTCI at http://tcyte.com/. On Tue, Nov 12, 2013 at 10:58 AM, Shelley Theye wrote: > Thanks Katherine. So LTCI is the same thing Lanc

Re: [Felvtalk] research on feline interferon alpha

2013-11-12 Thread Shelley Theye
Thanks Katherine. So LTCI is the same thing Lance is referring to as feline recombinant interferon omega ? Shelley On Nov 12, 2013, at 9:34 AM, Katherine K. wrote: > Hi Shelley and Jennifer, > > When my 10 yr old cat was first diagnosed in July, I found this forum to be > helpful in learnin

Re: [Felvtalk] research on feline interferon alpha

2013-11-12 Thread Katherine K.
Hi Shelley and Jennifer, When my 10 yr old cat was first diagnosed in July, I found this forum to be helpful in learning about LTCI: http://910pets.com/forum/topics/feline-leukemia?xg_source=activity&id=2127871. It's not very active now, but it's a good resource and folks will still respond to you

Re: [Felvtalk] research on feline interferon alpha

2013-11-12 Thread Shelley Theye
Lance, Thanks so much for explaining the difference between the 2 interferons. I did not realize that there were 2 types. I had asked Leo's new vet about using it as a preventative, and since she could easily get interferon, now I know that it was the human one. Anyway, he is not symptomati

Re: [Felvtalk] research on feline interferon alpha

2013-11-11 Thread Lance
I think the de Mari feline recombinant interferon omega study was done with symptomatic FeLV+ cats. I think. If I already had interferon omega and Ember was symptomatic, I would definitely try it. I know very little about what is suggested with LTCI (symptomatic vs. asymptomatic for treatment).

Re: [Felvtalk] research on feline interferon alpha

2013-11-11 Thread trustinhim13
I took Pookie to the one of four vets in Wisconsin who has done LTCI injections, but Pookie was sick, running a temp, and not eating when he was seen. So he wasn't a candidate for the injection. Do the FELV+ kitties need to be symptom free before they administer this? Also is this the same with

Re: [Felvtalk] research on feline interferon alpha

2013-11-11 Thread Lance
I’m pretty sure that several people on this list have tried LTCI on their cats. I don’t recall much being reported, but there are times I don’t read the list closely. I’m somewhat skeptical that it does much, but it’s more because the company seems to mainly concern itself with marketing. I’d lo

Re: [Felvtalk] research on feline interferon alpha

2013-11-11 Thread Jennifer Lewis
Has anyone tried any other the other meds out there, like Lymphocyte T-Cell Immunomodulator (LTCI)? Jennifer L, Munchkin and Brynn On Nov 11, 2013, at 12:54 PM, MaryChristine wrote: > http://goo.gl/uT6Evb > > not new to most of us, but always good to see things get the "official" > recognit

[Felvtalk] research on feline interferon alpha

2013-11-11 Thread MaryChristine
http://goo.gl/uT6Evb not new to most of us, but always good to see things get the "official" recognition. tho it does end as most research articles do, "more research is needed." MC -- Spay & Neuter Your Neighbors! Maybe That'll Make The Difference MaryChristine _