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I am about to get new kitten and have one 4 year old ragdoll at home. I am of course worried about diseases so I took my cat to the vet to make sure he was in perfect health. I was specifically worried about leukopenia after reading some horror stories and even though I think he was tested as a kitten I wanted to make certain he didn't have it so he couldn't pass it on to the new kitten. The vet recommended he get his vaccine updated as well, so I got that too. I thought everything was good because the test came back negative, and he seemed fine after the booster. But now I am concerned because I received some disturbing vaccine info from the breeder about the FIP/feline leukopenia vaccine- she says that 50% of cats get it from the vaccine. She does not vaccinate the kittens for FIP/feline leukopenia because of this risk. I am now super worried that my cat contracted it from the vaccine and will give it to the new kitten. Is there a possibility that an adult cat can contract leukopenia from a booster? Should I make the vet test him again to make sure (though I really don't want to spend another $100 on tests)?