Message Number: FHL896 | New FHL Archives Search
From: "Sukie Crandall"
Date: 2007-05-07 20:03:05 UTC
Subject: [ferrethealth] Re: False Positives on ADV test?
To: ferrethealth@yahoogroups.com

--- In ferrethealth@yahoogroups.com, "cherylnj81" <Sheryl81@...> wrote:
>
> Is there such a thing or is it a matter of interpretation?
>

Yes. In fact, false positives and false negatives were quite the hot topic of discussion
maybe 5 years ago or so after a company which had claimed to have a test without false
positives and with only a few false negatives turned out to have needed to run a larger
sample to get accurate enough numbers.

Yes, either can happen.

Here are some ADV sites for you:

ADV:
http://ferretadv.com/
ADV:
http://www.ferret-universe.com/health/adv.html#test
ADV:
http://www.ferret.org/read/aleutian.shtm
ADV discussion group:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/advferret/
ADV:
http://homepage.ntlworld.com/ferreter/aleutian01.htm

What several vets advised was that if there was any cause for doubt to then use a
DIFFERENT TYPE of ADV test from the first, and if possible by a different company.

Those past posts are in the FHL archives. See my sig lines.


Sukie (not a vet)

Recommended ferret health links:
http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/ferrethealth/
http://ferrethealth.org/archive/
http://www.afip.org/ferrets/index.html
http://www.miamiferret.org/fhc/
http://www.ferretcongress.org/
http://www.trifl.org/index.shtml
http://homepage.mac.com/sukie/sukiesferretlinks.html




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