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| 2954.1 | Ask the Pro's | BIMINI::SPINGLER | | Wed Oct 18 1989 10:44 | 11 |
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THe best source for this information is your own vet or the vet
of the cat sitter, or both.
They should be able to give you good information.
Feline fine,
Sue & panther & Spot
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| 2954.2 | | HDLITE::FEASE | Andrea Midtmoen Fease | Wed Oct 18 1989 14:12 | 14 |
| Hi Sue,
My vets say that it can't be transferred by cat-to-human-to-cat
contact. Her vet says that it can.
I would think if it were that contagious that *all* cats touched
by vets would get it, as vets don't sterilize/burn their clothes
between touching FIP cats and non-FIP cats.
Don't know what to do. I certainly don't want her kitties getting
sick, but I never heard of it being transmitted this way.
- Andrea
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| 2954.3 | Just my opinion | TUNER::JENKINS | | Wed Oct 18 1989 16:33 | 28 |
| Andrea,
My vet has told me that there isn't truly enough known about titer
counts to be certain that a high titer means FIP. As known, only
a biopsy of organ tissue that appears affected can be certain for
FIP.
I would think that if someone came into your house to take care
of your kittens they could manage not to transmit anything home
by using various precautions that may or may not be necessary.
First, they could change their clothes when they get home and
immediately put those clothes into the washer. Secondly they
should wash their hands and spray their shoes with Roccal D which
is a very strong disinfectant. My vet highly recommends this.
I too had a kitten that once exhibited a high titer but it was not
FIP and her titer was back to normal within one month. Certain
sanitary precautions can be taken and everything should be fine.
If you wish to talk to another vet call Cornell since they have
a research department for studying FIP. I think you will find though
that a different opinion is given by just about every vet you talk
to.
P.S. you might want to try to test your cats at another lab just
for comparison.
Nancy
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| 2954.4 | | WR2FOR::CORDESBRO_JO | set home/cat_max=infinity | Fri Oct 20 1989 13:58 | 15 |
| Andrea,
There was an article about FIP in one of the cat magazines in the
last month or so. The article stated that FIP is not a hardy virus
and cannot survive outside the host. Everything that I have heard
and read agrees with this.
If your sitter is concerned, she could spray herself down with
disinfectant, either the one that Nancy mentioned, or with Nolvasan
(which I prefer).
I also know of cats who have lived with FIP positive cats and yet
never caught the disease.
Jo
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| 2954.5 | | AIADM::FEASE | Andrea Midtmoen Fease | Mon Oct 30 1989 10:21 | 19 |
| Hi Jo,
Well, my other sitter did a *wonderful* job with the boys; they
were happy and healthy when we got home last night.
I didn't think the FIP virus could survive outside a host, but
since it is still so unknown, I can understand why my first sitter
didn't want to take the chance. And as it worked out my second sitter
was able to take care of the boys for the whole time, so everything
came out okay.
I know what you're saying; Loki and Bigfoot are positive, Fluffy
was always negative. But I guess Fluffy had something else wrong with
him, some kind of bone marrow disorder. We'll never know, but at least
he didn't linger on or suffer.
Had a wonderful vacation, and now it's off to a new job!
- Andrea
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