I'm confused by feline leukemia testing

[jennielynn1970]

FIV is not transmissible from cats to people, and HIV is not transmissible to from people to cats.

My one doctor was worried about me having an FIV+ cat in my home. That man watched Outbreak one too many times, lol.

[Catlady711]

My one doctor was worried about me having an FIV+ cat in my home. That man watched Outbreak one too many times, lol.

ROFL that movie STILL freaks me out no matter how many times I've seen it.

I suppose a human dr. wouldn't understand the differeneces in species specifics for animals if all he knows is the disease is similar to (in cats at least) as the human HIV is. Kinda like our vets don't know alot about some of the human aspects of some things, other than there are some things people can get from pets (FIV isn't one of them).

We still occasionally get a client showing us their rashes/bites etc and asking us if it's flea bites/mange/ringworm/staph/fill in the blank. We keep telling them that we are not qualified to diagnose humans they should go to their own doctor. I've often secretly wondered if they bring their pet to their own dr's office and ask them if it has ______(fill in the blank). LOL