Selecting and interpreting diagnostic tests for FeLV is complicated by the fact that cats are quite variable in their response to FeLV infection. Following initial exposure to the virus, some cats have a robust immune response, completely eliminate the virus, and are cured and immune from future infection. This is…
Austin Pets Alive! is a large shelter in Austin Texas that adopts out approximately 400 FeLV foster cats a year. The shelter receives hundreds of FeLV+ cats from other shelters across the country and confirms the infection upon arrival with a SNAP FeLV test. However, there is much controversy about…
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Case challenges: The FeLV screening test is positive – now what? Ocho Rios Ocho Rios is an approximately 6-year-old neutered male cat. He was transferred from another animal shelter into the FeLV adoption program. On entry to the shelter, Ocho Rios…
