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| 2686.1 | | WONDER::SKALTSIS | | Mon Jul 17 1989 13:07 | 5 |
| I don't know a lot about this, but this ease your mind a bit.
It is NOT the same as Human AIDS, and he can't pass the illness
on to a human (but could pass it to another cat).
Deb
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| 2686.2 | | WR2FOR::CORDESBRO_JO | | Mon Jul 17 1989 13:34 | 7 |
| I have an article about FIV that appeared in the CFA almanac. It
is written by Dr. Nels Pederson of UC - Davis. He is currently
doing the study of FIV. If I can find it I will send it to you.
What is your mailstop.
Jo
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| 2686.4 | | CIRCUS::KOLLING | Karen, Sweetie, & Holly; in Calif. | Mon Jul 17 1989 13:39 | 7 |
| Is it possible to do a blood test or somesuch and find out if
the kitten actually has either of these things? Good luck, we
are all pulling for you and your baby. Please let us know what is
happening.
Karen, Sweetie and Holly
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| 2686.5 | | CIRCUS::KOLLING | Karen, Sweetie, & Holly; in Calif. | Mon Jul 17 1989 13:41 | 3 |
| Another thought. Could Georgie have swallowed something, like a pin
or somesuch, that would show up on a xray?
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| 2686.6 | Poison maybe? | CSC32::RESKE | Life's a mystery & I haven't a clue | Mon Jul 17 1989 14:17 | 19 |
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This sounds like what my Rocco went through a few months back.
I came home from work and he had vomited all over the house and
by then he could barely stand. I rushed him to the vet and they
weren't sure he was going to make it.
The did lots of blood work and the vet thought it might be feline
Aids. The put him on various anitbiotics and he pulled through
after a week or so. They were never able to determine exactly
what happened to him but it the end the vet thought it might
be poison by some kind of household products (I don't have any
plants).
If you want, I could call my vet and ask what antibiotics they
used on Rocco.
Please keep us posted.
Donna, T.C. and Rocco
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| 2686.7 | You may want to call Tufts.... | CPDW::MCDONOUGH | | Mon Jul 17 1989 14:34 | 16 |
| If you are in the New England area, it may be wise to contact Tufts
Small Animal Hospital in Grafton Mass. This is a Veterinary Teaching
Hospital, affiliated with Tufts University, and I have a VERY HIGH
confidence in this facility. The Veterinarians are all very
compassionate people(at least the ones I've spoken to) and are willing
to listen to a problem and the really do try to help.
I recently lost a three-year-old cat to FeLV that had tested negative
all her life, and was very upset about it. When I called Tufts, they
put me in direct contact with the Director of the Hospital. He took the
time to call me back--not once, as I was in meetings--but three times,
until he caught me. Then he spent about 30 minutes going over my
kittty's history, symptoms, and he gave me a thorough run-down on the
disease and what the Vet world does and doesn't know about it. It was
really nice to have a person of his status take the time to talk to a
layman with a problem.
JM
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| 2686.8 | | CIRCUS::KOLLING | Karen, Sweetie, & Holly; in Calif. | Mon Jul 17 1989 14:57 | 4 |
| Re: .7
She seems to be in the UK.
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| 2686.9 | Our sympathy and Moral Support | SAGE::ZAMZOW | | Mon Jul 17 1989 15:15 | 12 |
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I really don't know aything about Feline AIDS, but I just wanted
to offer our support and sympathy. It always seems doubly cruel
when the little ones come down with the serious diseases.
I'll say a prayer for your little one, and pleae do keep us posted,
we care and are interested in the outcome.
Feline very far away,
Sue & Panther & Spot
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| 2686.10 | | MICLUS::MTAG | | Tue Jul 18 1989 11:13 | 10 |
| I read an article this Spring, I think it was in Cat Fancy on Feline
Aids. Apparently, many vets mistake it for leukemia - it appears to be
almost the same. However, in leukemia, the normal lifespan for a
positive tested cat is roughly a year. A cat diagnosed with kitty aids
can live for 5 or more years. Eventually, the disease does get the
best of the cat and the end is inevitable. If I can find the article,
I'll send it. Can you post your mailstop in a reply here?
Mary
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| 2686.11 | It's been discussed here before! | IAMOK::GERRY | Home is where the Cat is | Tue Jul 18 1989 11:29 | 7 |
| I entered a note about Feline Aids, (FTLV) quite a while back, I don't
remember where it is, but I'll look for it. It was an article from the
Cornell Newsletter, I think. It was along the time of the Hartz
Blockade incident.
cin
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| 2686.12 | Please see 1064.0 | IAMOK::GERRY | Home is where the Cat is | Tue Jul 18 1989 11:42 | 7 |
| Okay, I've found it. I entered a long article that might be of
interest in 1064.0
This may answer some questions.
cin
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| 2686.13 | You think its what?????????? | SEDOAS::REASON | | Wed Jul 19 1989 06:12 | 27 |
| Hi again,
Thanks for the replies and support. Ive been working from home a
lot so that I can watch over him and I dont have a terminal there,
hence the time its taken me to reply.
I still haven't got the AIDS test results back tho' I'm hoping that
its still rare enough here in the UK that its not likely...Fingers
crossed. Still, any info would be very useful. Please send to Maureen
Reason @ESO
Well, Georgie spent yesterday morning in the Vet Hospital. For the
first time in a week, after I left him there, he summoned up enough
energy to wreck his cage and rip his patient card to shreds.
The vet tested EVERYTHING and cant find anything except .....(can
you believe this)......... really bad constipation.
I cant believe that it can have caused him to be so ill.
I sat up with him for two nights at the weekend and really thought I
would lose him. So, other than AIDS we're stumped for an explanation
in the meantime.
Anybody got any ideas???????????
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| 2686.14 | I believe it | VAXWRK::SKALTSIS | Deb | Wed Jul 19 1989 12:05 | 11 |
| >The vet tested EVERYTHING and cant find anything except .....(can
>you believe this)......... really bad constipation.
yep. Argus, my FUS cat was real sick, and was acting like he was
blocked and was throwing up. They ran all sorts of tests and it turned out
that the only thing that they could find was that he was badly constipated.
The vet said that his stool was "petrified". Apparently, constipation is
fairly common in cats like Argus (who are a bit on the hefty side), so, to
keep him nice and regular, Argus gets bran with every meal.
Deb
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| 2686.15 | TWO IN A FORTNIGHT!! | SUBURB::NICKELSB | Bernie. | Fri Jul 21 1989 12:16 | 13 |
| Hi
Sorry to hear about your cat .... my neighbour, Julie, has just
had her cat diagnosed as having aids. If I get to see her this
weekend I'll ask her what her vet said and get back to you next
week.
Strange that I hear of two cases of feline aids within a fortnight
and it has not been diangosed in the UK before!!
Don't give up!
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| 2686.16 | Feeling better | SEDOAS::REASON | | Tue Jul 25 1989 06:04 | 22 |
| Just for those of you who were kind enough to write to me.....Georgie
is now much improved.
Its NOT AIDS tho the pathologist at the feline viral unit thinks that
he had some kind of strange virus which came and went. He's still got
his constipation and I've been dosing him with liquid paraffin to get
him going.
Now he's feeling better I get most of it in my eye, down my skirt and
down his front and very little actually in his mouth. He's learnt
very quickly to keep his jaw clamped frimly SHUT and any litle trickle
that manages to get in there, he just spits it out!
I'm still interested in AIDS info for curiosity's sake so I"ll keep
looking in here.
Thanks again
Maureen
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| 2686.17 | I love good news | CRUISE::NDC | Nancy Diettrich-Cunniff-I wanted it all | Tue Jul 25 1989 08:46 | 5 |
| Maureen - that's great news! I can't tell you happy I am to hear
that Georgie is dowsing you with his medication :-DDDD (Definitely
a sign that he's feeling much better)
Nancy DC and the Furry Foursome
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| 2686.18 | ANOTHER WRONG DIAGNOSIS MAYBE??? | SUBURB::NICKELSB | Bernie. | Thu Jul 27 1989 10:23 | 8 |
| Glad to hear your Georgie is on the mend and that the vet got it
wrong. I haven't seen my neighbour to talk to yet but I have seen
her cat .... it was being chased by a labrador and all I can say
is that her cat too is feeling alot better!!! it left the dog standing.
May be her vet got it wrong too!!!
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| 2686.19 | Panic setting in? | SEDOAS::REASON | | Mon Jul 31 1989 09:09 | 20 |
| I was chatting to a collegue re. my escapade with Georgie and he
had a conversation at the weekend with the breeder who supplied
his cats. Apparently UK breeders have now received a warning about
AIDS (presumably from the RCVS). They're getting pretty jittery about
it here. I think the danger is that people are over-reacting, just
like human AIDS because this woman seems to think that it may be
contractable by humans.
I cant believe that this is so because the vet was still examining
him with unprotected hands, even when he suspected AIDS, knowing
that he's timid and could bite or scratch.
On another topic, I've noticed a behaviour change since Georgie
was sick. He used to be a very aloof cat and didnt like a lot of
attention. Now he's at my heels wherever I go and only goes out
if I'm not around, and he's become really cuddly and affectionate.
Does this happen when cats get sick?
Maureen
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| 2686.20 | | WR2FOR::CORDESBRO_JO | | Mon Jul 31 1989 13:21 | 18 |
| About the feline Aids... you shouldn't worry about contracting it
yourself. Like most cat diseases, it is species specific. It is
also different from the human Aids virus, although it does have
some factors that are similar, hence the name Feline Aids.
My vet reports that of all the cats she has tested for it here,
she has never had a positive test result yet. (knock wood)
So, so far it isn't running rampant in her practice. I would try
to relax over there, and not worry about it until there is a reason
to worry. Dr. Nels Pederson at UC - Davis Vet School is heading
up the study (which, BTW, is being funded by the Winn Foundation)
so, being so close to Davis, we tend to hear when new discoveries
are made.
If anyone would like a copy of the article that I have about it,
send me mail.
Jo
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