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This article is from the Feline
Leukemia (Cats) FAQ, posted to rec.pets.cats newsgroup.
Maintained by Erin Miller with numerous contributions by
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029. I have had several cats for a long time. One of them recently tested positive, but the others have not. Do I need to get rid of the FeLV+ one?
This is a tough situation, for which there is no pat answer. You
should discuss the matter with your vet. One vet I spoke with felt
that chances are the other cats have already been exposed and it
is probably best to just keep them up on their vaccinations and
not change the household drastically. One study (Barlough, 1984)
says that in a survey of 45 households from which FeLV+ cats were
removed, 99.5% of the FeLV- cats remained negative. However
households in which the FeLV+ cats were not removed had infection
rates 40 times greater. It is probably best to remove the infected
cat if it can be sent to a good home without causing too much
disruption in your household, and your mental psyche.
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