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	F -Feline Infectious Peritonitis (FIP)
		FIP is a difficult disease to diagnose and to treat.
		Feline infectious peritonitis is probably the most common cause of unexplained fevers in cats.
		Feline infectious peritonitis must always be considered in cats with persistant fevers or vague histories of "not doing right".
	www.vetinfo.com /cencyclopedia/cefip.html (1816 words)

	Feline Infectious Peritonitis (FIP) ~ Pawprints and Purrs, Inc.
		Feline Infectious Peritonitis (FIP) is a severe disease of domestic cats and some exotic cats.
		FIP is a chronic, wasting disease that results in poor appetite, fever, and weight loss over several weeks; it is ultimately fatal.
		FIP produces a particular inflammatory pattern in these organs which, although not diagnostic, is strongly suggestive for the disease.
	www.sniksnak.com /cathealth/fip.html (1304 words)

	Feline Infectious Peritonitis
		Feline infectious peritonitis (FIP) is an important and complex disease of cats caused by a virus belonging to the family Coronaviridae.
		Feline coronavirus (FCoV) infections appear to be restricted to members of the cat family, including domestic breeds as well as certain exotic species: sand cats, caracals, lynx, cougars, cheetahs, jaguars, leopards, and lions.
		This anemia be exacerbated by coinfection with feline leukemia virus or Haemobartonella felis (the organism causing feline infectious anemia).
	maxshouse.com /feline_infectious_peritonitis.htm (2055 words)

	Feline Infectious Peritonitis - 5/19/96 - Wolf
		Feline coronavirus disease is a subject of considerable controversy and confusion.
		Feline infectious peritonitis virus is found in the tonsils and small intestinal mucosa within 24 hours of ingestion.7 Viral infection of the cecum, colon, mesenteric lymph nodes, and liver occurs over the next 14 days.7 Further systemic spread to any body organ or system occurs as the disease progresses.
		Cats with effusive FIP usually develop progressive, nonpainful abdominal distention due to peritoneal fluid accumulation.5,10 Pleural fluid is present in up to 25% of cats with effusive FIP.10 If a sufficient amount of fluid is present in the pleural space, these cats may exhibit exercise intolerance and dyspnea.
	www.vspn.net /VSPNSearch/VINLibrary/lv960028.htm (3743 words)

	Center for Companion Animal Health (CCAH), Infectious Diseases, School of Veterinary Medicine, UC Davis (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Feline Infectious Peritonitis (FIP) is a fatal disease of cats.
		The FIP virus (FIPV) is a genetic mutant of a more common and benign virus of the intestines of cats, Feline Enteric Coronavirus (FECV).
		FIP cases are usually sporadic, with an average loss of 5% or fewer of cats in a home or cattery dying.
	www.vetmed.ucdavis.edu /CCAH/Prog-ID/ID-Facts_FIP.htm (2036 words)

	Feline Infectious Peritonitis
		FIP is a rare disease, although it is fatal.
		FIP is caused by a coronavirus, that has mutated from a harmless intestinal virus of cats called the feline enteric coronavirus (FECV).
		In addition to specific FIP antibody or DNa tests, blood samples, X-rays and fluid analysis are also used, and are utilized especially in cats that have the wet form.
	www.lbah.com /feline/fip.html (2888 words)

	Feline Infectious Peritonitis (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Feline infectious peritonitis (FIP) is a disease of cats caused by a coronavirus infection.
		FIP tends to be more prevalent in cats bred or raised in catteries or maintained in multiple-cat environments.
		A high level of antibody to the FIP virus along with signs of the disease (which may or may not be specific) is not necessarily diagnostic for active FIP infection — both false positives and false negatives are common.
	www.spc.org.nc /rahs/Manual/Canine-Feline/FIPE.HTM (811 words)

	Feline Infectious Peritonitis (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		It is known that FIP tends to affect kittens, cats between six months and 5 years of age, and cats older than 11 years of age.
		Feline infectious peritonitis, despite its name, is not strictly a disease of the abdominal cavity.
		The diagnosis of FIP can be suspected on the basis of typical clinical signs along with an abnormal blood count, liver function tests and abnormal serum protein pattern.
	www.spassage.org /fip.htm (520 words)

	Feline Infectious Peritonitis (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Feline infectious peritonitis (FIP) is an infectious, life threatening disease of primarily young cats, with all ages of cats being susceptible.
		Progression of FIP may be facilitated by concurrent infection with feline leukemia virus or feline immunodeficiency virus.
		Peritoneal or pleural fluid is secondary to vasculitis and leakage of fluid from the vasculature.
	www.addl.purdue.edu /newsletters/1998/summer/fep.shtml (969 words)

	Feline Leukemia and Feline Infectious Peritonitis (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		FIP is a viral disease about which there is little that is known with certainty.
		The FIP vaccine is not considered reliable by most veterinarians and is not often recommended.
		The Feline Leukemia vaccine is only effective about sixty percent of the time, which explains how Harry caught the disease despite the fact that he was vaccinated against Feline Leukemia throughout his life.
	www.sugarcats.net /sites/harry/flfip.html (463 words)

	FELINE INFECTIOUS PERITONITIS (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		This new test is more specific for the FIP virus than the coronavirus antibody test; however, it is still just a test for the presence of the FIP virus.
		FIP is unique in that the corona virus mutates in the cat changing it into the virulent form.
		There are three stages of FIP infection, and significant risk of transmitting the corona virus to other cats occurs in only the first two stages.
	www.granbyanimalclinic.com /feline_infectious_peritonitis.htm (1163 words)

	Feline Infectious Peritonitis
		Feline Infectious Peritonitis occurs when a coronavirus mutates into a fatal disease in an individual cat or kitten.
		The FIP virus may be shed in the saliva, urine and feces of infected cats.
		Feline aminopeptidase N (fAPN) is a major cell surface receptor for feline infectious peritonitis virus (FIPV), transmissible gastroenteritis virus (TGEV), human coronavirus 229E (HCV 229E) and canine coronavirus (CCV).
	www.petalk.com /fip.html (1193 words)

	Feline Infectious Peritonitis: An Overview
		Feline infections peritonitis (FIP) is caused by a feline coronavirus.
		The mechanism by which FIP causes the characteristic granulomatous lesions and thoracic and/or abdominal effusions, as seen in the effusive form of FIP, is the formation of antigen-antibody (IgG) complexes.
		The effusive from of FIP is associated with a poor CMIR and more rapid onset of signs; the non-effusive form tends to be more insidious and is associated with a mild CMIR insufficient to eliminate the infection.
	www.vet.uga.edu /vpp/clerk/baranik (2577 words)

	Cornell Feline Health Center--Brochure (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Feline infectious peritonitis (FIP) is a disease caused by a coronavirus infection.
		FIP is often a difficult disease to diagnose because each cat can display different signs that are similar to those of many other diseases.
		The ultimate purpose of the Feline Health Center is to improve the health of cats by developing methods to prevent or cure feline diseases and by providing continuing education to veterinarians and cat owners.
	www.vet.cornell.edu /fhc/resources/brochure/fip.html (1675 words)

	FELINE INFECTIOUS PERITONITIS ... FIP
		FIP will attack by mutating in a stressed cat even if the kindest environment is present - but where the cat feels stressed.
		It's because the cat's antibodies to FIP are the killer action, not the virus growing in the cat as with "normal" viruses.
		That said, in a well developed case of FIP, where the symptoms may NOT be the initial FIP symptoms, but something different in an advanced case, I would see a real homeopath for the best way to treat those symptoms in the specific cat.
	www.angelfire.com /fl/furryboots/fip.html (1755 words)

	Feline Infectious Peritonitis
		The rare but often fatal disease of cats known as Feline infectious peritonitis, is caused by a Coronavirus (FIPV) and is similar antigenically to the virus that cause feline enteritis or panleucopaenia (FEVC) - a fairly common non-fatal disease of cats.
		The progress of the disease in a freshly infected cat, as with many other infectious diseases depends on the dose of virus and the immune defense status of the cat.
		The virus is generally spread by the oral route from an infected cat or from the motion of other cats or inanimate objects such as food bowls, and is seen mainly in cats less than 2 years of age.
	www.isabellevets.co.uk /health_advice/cat/info/fip.htm (324 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Feline infectious peritonitis (FIP) is a contagious viral disease of cats.
		Animals infected with feline leukemia virus (FeLV) or feline immunodeficiency virus (FIV) are more susceptible to FIP than non-FeLV and non-FIV infected cats.
		Often, a fluctuating fever is an early symptom of FIP.
	www.vetnetwork.com /petcare_articles/VPA_display.cfm/42 (307 words)

	FIP (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Feline infectious peritonitis (FIP) is fatal disease of cats, caused by a feline coronavirus.
		FIP can, however, develop in any age of cat and predisposing factors or risk factors are not always evident.
		FIP has very diverse clinical manifestations, but there are no clinical signs associated that are unique for the disease.
	www.fabcats.org /fip.html (1743 words)

	Feline Infectious Peritonitis (FIP) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		FIP is caused by a mutation of the intestinal corona virus of cats.
		Feline infectious peritonitis is caused by a mutation of the feline enteric
		FIP probably causes clinical signs in most cats within 2 or 3 months of infection, or less, but there are reported cases in the literature with possible incubation periods of up to eleven months.
	www.vetinfo.com /cfip.html (12430 words)

	rec.pets.cats: Feline Infectious Peritonitis FAQ
		FIP is not caused by a retrovirus but by a type of coronavirus.
		FIP may be caused by many things, perhaps an isolated FIP virus (FIPV), perhaps a mutation of FECV, or perhaps there are multiples viruses which can all lead the the same disease complex known as FIP.
		FIP occurs in greatest incidence in cats between six months and two years old, although infections are high up to five years old.
	www.faqs.org /faqs/cats-faq/FIP (4501 words)

	Dr. Diane D. Addie's Feline Infectious Peritonitis and Coronavirus Web Site
		Feline Infectious Peritonitis (FIP) is an unusual, but often fatal, consequence of Feline Coronavirus (FCoV) infection of the cat.
		If you are a veterinary surgeon and would like to receive a copy of the proceedings of the Second International Feline Coronavirus/Feline Infectious Peritonitis Symposium, please mail a stout, self-addressed stamped envelope to Dr Diane Addie, Institute of Comparative Medicine, University of Glasgow, Bearsden, Glasgow, G61 1QH, UK before the end of March 2006.
		Now, with the introduction of feline interferon omega by Virbac into some of Europe (it has been available in Japan for some time), we are seeing around one quarter to a third of cases being cured.
	www.dr-addie.com (1338 words)

	Feline Infectious Peritonitis
		It is thought that the disease is passed from cat to cat within the household [and is therefore more common in multi-cat households and catteries].
		The corona virus is a common cause of cat ‘flu’ that causes cold-like symptoms and possibly a self-limiting bout with diarrhea.
		Cats suspected of having FIP can be tested with a blood test, although a positive test does not mean the cat has an active infection.
	www.penmarric.ns.ca /catcare/health/FIP.htm (555 words)

	Feline Health Center at the Cornell University College of Veterinary Medicine
		The Feline Health Center is a veterinary medical specialty center devoted to improving the health and well-being of cats everywhere by:
		Acquire information on feline health, available services, pet loss and other resources for cat owners.
		Feline Health Topics, for veterinarians, is published quarterly.
	www.vet.cornell.edu /fhc (237 words)

	Cat Fanciers' Association: Health Committee - Feline Infectious Peritonitis (FIP)
		This feline health article can now be found on the Winn Feline Foundation web site at:
		Purchase the Winn Feline Foundation CD summarizing the latest in news on FIP and the Feline Coronavirus.
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	www.cfainc.org /health/FIP.html (104 words)

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