<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:HelveticaNeue-Light, Helvetica Neue Light, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif;font-size:8px"><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1411563116483_654451"><span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1411563116483_654450">The rescue I'm part of had 4 kittens that all tested positive for leukemia. We held them all and retested later and found one negative, some weak positives and a strong positive. We retested again later, all 4 negative. We spoke with somebody at the ASPCA and they said if it had been one kitten, they may have thought test error. Since all 4 converted and still remain negative, it appears the weak positive showed they were clearing the virus from their system. We got very lucky!</span></div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1411563116483_654451"><span><br></span></div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1411563116483_654451"><span>Amy</span></div><br> <div style="font-family: HelveticaNeue-Light, Helvetica Neue Light, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; font-size: 8px;" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1411563116483_654491"> <div style="font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1411563116483_654490"> <div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1411563116483_654489"> <hr size="1" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1411563116483_654537"> <font size="2" face="Arial" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1411563116483_654541"> <b><span style="font-weight:bold;">From:</span></b> Marsha <martia@lynxe.com><br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">To:</span></b> felvtalk@felineleukemia.org <br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sent:</span></b> Sunday, September 28, 2014 1:37 PM<br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Subject:</span></b> Re: [Felvtalk] Light positive reading<br> </font> </div> <div class="y_msg_container" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1411563116483_654539"><br>Many years ago (early 80's I think), I had a cat that supposedly showed <br clear="none">a faint positive. The vet thought maybe it was a mistake, and a later <br clear="none">test turned up negative. I have heard that it is always a mistake, and <br clear="none">I have also heard the theory that a cat is fighting off the infection. <br clear="none">Anybody want to contact a manufacturer?<br clear="none"><br clear="none">Marsha<br clear="none"><div class="qtdSeparateBR"><br><br></div><div class="yqt3214826928" id="yqtfd11291"><br clear="none">On 9/28/2014 12:02 PM, Lance wrote:<br clear="none">> I’d like to know more about this as well. I was told that Ember was a “weak positive” at her first test. She definitely had the virus (subsequent ELISAs were positive, and CBCs seemed to back those up in showing immunosuppression).<br clear="none">><br clear="none">> On Sep 28, 2014, at 11:00 AM, Kelley S <<a shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:moonvine@gmail.com" href="mailto:moonvine@gmail.com">moonvine@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br clear="none">> Hi guys,<br clear="none">><br clear="none">> Long ago I learned from this list, there is no such thing as light positive reading. It indicates an error with the test. I don't have documentation to back this up, can anyone help?<br clear="none">><br clear="none"><br clear="none"><br clear="none">_______________________________________________<br clear="none">Felvtalk mailing list<br clear="none"><a shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:Felvtalk@felineleukemia.org" href="mailto:Felvtalk@felineleukemia.org">Felvtalk@felineleukemia.org</a><br clear="none"><a shape="rect" href="http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org" target="_blank" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1411563116483_654544">http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org</a></div><br><br></div> </div> </div> </div></body></html>