Evaluation of available diagnostic techniques for feline infectious peritonitis

In most cats, feline coronavirus (FCoV) is transmitted by fecal-oral contamination at an early age and causes subclinical disease or mild, transient enteritis. However, when the virus mutates within a susceptible host, the ability of the virus to replicate in macrophages can be enhanced. The mutated forms of FCoV develop in fewer than 5% of cats with FCoV, but this process causes a fatal disease — feline infectious peritonitis (FIP).1 Mutated forms of FCoV that cause FIP are renamed feline infectious peritonitis virus (FIPV).
Source: Advances in Small Animal Medicine and Surgery - Category: Veterinary Research Authors: Tags: Guest Editorial Source Type: research