From:
Steve Austin
Date: 2002-09-29 02:39:25 UTC
Subject: ADV
To: ferrethealth@smartgroups.com
Message-ID: <20020928.233010.3152.8.kazpat1@juno.com>
If you get a ferret in, test for ADV. The test is not 100%
accurate, there may be a period where the ferret was
recently exposed and may not be producing antibodies,
so that is why it is recommended to retest in 3 months.
Now, I don't have money to do this, so I test once
a year or so- if I get any new ones in during that year,
they are tested as they come in.
If you test a kit, lets say under 3 months and the test is
positive, it is true that you may not know for sure
if the positive is from mother's antibodies, or the kits'
own antibodies. BUT it still means at least the mother
was positive-scary enough. I would retest the kit
in a few months treating him as positive until then.
Patty
> I've always read that ADV testing should be done after 12 weeks of
> age. You are saying that weaning time is of importance. Can you
> point me to the references for this? I do try to test but I'm
> becoming more of a skeptic about it since it seems that no matter
> how we test, or when we test, it's not correct or there are problems
> with the tests.
>
> Is the later testing for ADV perhaps because the ADV tests aren't
> able to factor out residual antibodies that might be in the blood?
>
> Katharine
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