FIP advice

Re: FIP advice

Martin Atkinson — Mon, 23 Sep 2013 14:37:08 GMT

I would agree with Christina, FCoV is very common infection in cats and rarely results in FIV in healthy single cats, stress in a multi-cat environment is the significant trigger in most cases that is the switch which turns it into FIV. There is some talk about certain strains of FCoV being more virulent but if it is true there is AFAIK no way of determining which is which by testing. Unfortunately leopards rarely change their spots and I would doubt that this person would listen to the only advice that is worthwhile, which is to decrease the number of cats or at least organise their environment so there is less stress and not to bring in any new cats which may be immunologically naive.

Re: FIP advice

Christina Smith — Sat, 21 Sep 2013 15:31:16 GMT

Stress and overcrowding definitely exacerbate morbidity IMO. I would look more closely at environmental and social factors within the colony.

Re: FIP advice

Ana Santos — Fri, 20 Sep 2013 17:50:16 GMT

http://www.dr-addie.com/

There's a link about prevention of FIP in Fcov positive cats.

Re: FIP advice

Bob Russell — Fri, 20 Sep 2013 17:08:30 GMT

Try:

http://www.icatcare.org/advice-centre/cat-health/feline-infectious-peritonitis-fip

especially towards the bottom of the page.

We had a breeder with cats showing regular (but variable) coronavirus titres. There had been sporadic FIP cases in offspring. It was a bit of a nightmare!