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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'>Hello, Maribel,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'>Thank you for this very specific information. It’s quite helpful, and just what I needed to know.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'>Baby, when she stays here, is in my studio, which has a heavy sliding-glass door between Felix and Cuddles who are both vaccinated against FeLV. The other four cats are much farther away, with no doors in common with Baby. Of those four, three are also vaccinated against FeLV, except for Cyril, who is FIV-positive. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'>We might vaccinate Cyril with the Merck killed vaccine this March if his blood antibody titers indicate that’s he doesn’t need any of the core vaccinations boosted, and if his other health parameters indicate that he could mount an immune response to the vaccine. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'>I won’t vaccinate Cyril with the more common recombinant canarypox live/attenuated FeLV vaccines because he had a horrible reaction to the live/attenuated Chlamydia component in the FVRCPC vaccine. Never again! Going forward we will check antibody titers first, and skip specific vaccinations if their titers are adequate.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'>We have three cat-fenced pens (PurrFect Fence). Baby has controlled access to one, but so far is only lukewarm re going outside. If I let her out, I plan to leave an hour or so afterward before letting Cyril into the same pen -- or better yet, while she’s staying here, he can use one of the other two. Baby is only here with us 1x or 2x per year.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'>Thank you,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'>- Lorraine<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'>"S</span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'>ometimes it is the people no one can imagine anything of who do the things no one can imagine." - Alan Turing <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> Felvtalk [mailto:felvtalk-bounces@felineleukemia.org] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Maribel Piloto<br><b>Sent:</b> Friday, February 22, 2019 2:32 PM<br><b>To:</b> felvtalk@felineleukemia.org<br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [Felvtalk] Cleaning? Retesting?<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"'>Keep the Leuk+ guys in a separate room with their own litter box and their own scooper. Do not mix food or water and put any towels, beds, toys they use through the washing machine before using it for other cats. Washing hands all the time is not something that I normally do EXCEPT be careful about not getting any of their fluids on you (blood, urine, saliva, poop, eye/nose discharge) and then potentially getting that on your non-Leuk guys.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"'>Also - if you're keeping your Leuk guys in a separate room, make sure to block the bottom of the door so the cats can't put their paws through or smell one another and possibly sneeze on each other. You can get a piece of wood the length of the door and about 2 ft high and prop it up there with something heavy like one of those big litter pales or better yet - install some screws or other hardware on the wood around the door so you can just slide the wood in or out as you need to. Whatever you use make sure the cats can't move it because cats are very curious and they will try to move it or get through in order to see what's going on on the other side.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"'>If you regularly are going to have Leuk guys in your home either by pet sitting or rescuing them, I would get your non-Leuk guys vaccinated just as extra protection. <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"'>Maribel<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div></div><div id="ydpba84eaa9yahoo_quoted_1372485464"><div><div><div id=ydpba84eaa9yiv0211685793><div><div id=ydpba84eaa9yiv0211685793yqt10296><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:#26282A'>----- Original Message -----<br>From: Lorraine Johnston <<a href="mailto:johnston1110@comcast.net">johnston1110@comcast.net</a>><br>To: <a href="mailto:felvtalk@felineleukemia.org">felvtalk@felineleukemia.org</a><br>Sent: Fri, 22 Feb 2019 10:10:16 -0500 (EST)<br>Subject: [Felvtalk] Cleaning? Retesting?<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:#26282A'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=ydpba84eaa9yiv0211685793msonormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:#26282A'>Hello again,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=ydpba84eaa9yiv0211685793msonormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:#26282A'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=ydpba84eaa9yiv0211685793msonormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:#26282A'>For those of you who have both FELV+ and - cats, how strenuous are your cleaning efforts? For instance, do you wash hands after just petting? Do you have your negative cats retested every year?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=ydpba84eaa9yiv0211685793msonormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:#26282A'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=ydpba84eaa9yiv0211685793msonormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:#26282A'>Thank you,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=ydpba84eaa9yiv0211685793msonormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:#26282A'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=ydpba84eaa9yiv0211685793msonormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black'>- Lorraine</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:#26282A'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=ydpba84eaa9yiv0211685793msonormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black'> </span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:#26282A'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=ydpba84eaa9yiv0211685793msonormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black'>"Sometimes it is the people no one can imagine anything of who do the things no one can imagine." - Alan Turing </span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:#26282A'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=ydpba84eaa9yiv0211685793msonormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:#26282A'> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:#26282A'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div></div></div><div id=ydpba84eaa9yqt83361><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:#26282A'>_______________________________________________<br>Felvtalk mailing list<br><a href="mailto:Felvtalk@felineleukemia.org" target="_blank">Felvtalk@felineleukemia.org</a><br><a href="http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org" target="_blank">http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org</a><o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div></div></div></div></body></html>