FIV Kittens

smudgley · 28-02-2008, 11:15 PM

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Originally Posted by Elaine

Excuse my vet sceptical nature but do the definately know the kittens are FIV+, if they are too young to test? I mean they may have done the elissa test on mum and made the assumption.

I hope not

alexgirl73 · 28-02-2008, 11:18 PM

umm, no idea! All I know is that our vet is very good and she usually does the proper testing, and I know I heard the word Glasgow at some point so I presume their tests were sent ther, but not definite. They will be retested at 16 weeks, I know that much lol.

smudgley · 28-02-2008, 11:22 PM

That sounds about right.They will have had the tests sent to Glasgow.
This type of test looks for the virus.... but the ELISA test looks for antibodies. The young kittens will have antibodies present, so that's why they need to be older to use the snap tests.

alexgirl73 · 28-02-2008, 11:25 PM

ahh, I see! Well, I would presume that's what happened, as I say our vet is very good about these things, so I would trust her judgement. They are utterly adorable.

Elaine · 28-02-2008, 11:31 PM

Thats one vet off my scepticle hit list then

alexgirl73 · 28-02-2008, 11:32 PM

lol, she's so good I've transferred all of my cats onto her books!

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