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Corey Kaye - 09 Jun 2004 04:19 GMT

I haven't seen much of anything about the FIV vaccine since it got press in
2002.

It doesn't seem to be commercially available now.

Whatever happened to it?

Corey

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Laura R. - 09 Jun 2004 06:31 GMT

circa Tue, 8 Jun 2004 21:19:22 -0600, in rec.pets.cats.health+behav,
Corey Kaye (ckaye@holly.colostate.edu) said,

> I haven't seen much of anything about the FIV vaccine since it got press in
> 2002.
>
> It doesn't seem to be commercially available now.
>
> Whatever happened to it?

It's still around:
http://www.bullwrinkle.com/index.html?ShoppingPages/cat-vaccines.htm~indexmain

but I suspect that commentary like the below has not contributed to
wide sales.

http://cats.about.com/cs/vaccination/a/fiv_vaccine.htm

Laura

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Sharon Talbert - 09 Jun 2004 20:32 GMT

It is possible that the vaccine has fallen from favor. As a rescuer, I am
not at all happy about the vaccine because it apparently is not all that
effective against FIV, and (worse) a vaccinated cat will test positive for
FIV.

Sharon Talbert
Friends of Campus Cats

> I haven't seen much of anything about the FIV vaccine since it got press in
> 2002.
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>
> Corey

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Yngver - 09 Jun 2004 21:18 GMT

>It is possible that the vaccine has fallen from favor. As a rescuer, I am
>not at all happy about the vaccine because it apparently is not all that
>effective against FIV, and (worse) a vaccinated cat will test positive for
>FIV.

Which is exactly why so many vets don't recommend it. And if vets don't want to
use it, it's probably not commercially profitable, I suppose. The last I heard,
the mfr of the vaccine was working on development of a test that would
differentiate between vaccinated cats and infected cats. Until that sort of
test becomes available, I would expect use of the FIV vaccine to remain
controversial.

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