My active kitten tested positive for panleukopenia. Is it accurate?

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My kitten is 9weeks old (nvr vaccine).She poop loose bloody stool since last week and i sent her to vet. she was diagnosed with protozoa. The vet prescribed her with anti scour medicine.Her appetite is back to normal n she is very active.5days later,she suddenly vomit,once. Immediately i send her to vet.The vet make a panleukopenia test from her fecal n the test trip show positive.I quite doubtful with the result as my kitten is still very active n eating normal.what is your opinion? Pet's info: Cat | British Shorthair | Female | unspayed | 2 months and 10 days old

Dr. Strydom, DVM · Accepted Answer

Panleukopenia is a feline parvovirus. They don't make a direct test for it but most clinics use the canine parvovirus test to get a result. False positives are very rare, occurring only in about 0-6% of tested samples. Vaccine induced positives are also rare with about only 1/64 recently vaccinated kittens testing positive. This is with the IDEXX brand test. Other brands had a higher rate of positive results following vaccination. So, without more information as to what test your vet used and how long ago she was vaccinated and with what vaccine (if she was even vaccinated) it is difficult for me to say much on the subject. If an IDEXX test was used I would trust the result. Hope this helps. Best wishes.

My active kitten tested positive for panleukopenia. Is it accurate?

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