Marley Day: Test Your Pet Day
01/18/2006
By:
Joy Eubanks
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Our annual Test Your Pet Day will be held this year on Saturday, February 18th at Petsmart in Greenville, from 10 a.m. until 2 p.m. This year, Dr. Sandra Mac Kenzie, Marley Fund board member and veterinarian advisor to animals residing at the Marley House (a safe haven for asymptomatic animals that carry the virus), will be testing the first 60 felines for free, compliments of Marley Fund, in the veterinarian facility located inside Petsmart.
At this time Marley Fund volunteers will be there with materials on both viruses to help educate and will be there to counsel pet owners if need be, in the case that we have a kitty that tests positive at this time.
Representatives from IDEXX Laboratories, Inc., the manufacture of the test kits, will also be on site to answer any questions. Feline leukemia is the number one killer of cats, known as the silent killer, as there are no symptoms testing is the only avenue to diagnose infection.
As our mission is to educate others on Feline Leukemia Virus and other infectious agents, such as FIV, we hope to have a very successful day in honor of Marley and to help prevent this from happening to others.
Marley would have been 6 years old on this date.
For more information contact Joy Eubanks at 252.215.0925 or visit www.MarleyFund.com.
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