FELINE INFECTIOUS PERITONITIS

• ABCD Panel members

• Biology of the virus

  • Virus properties

  • Epidemiology

• Pathogenesis

• Immunity

  • Passive immunity

  • Active immune response to feline coronavirus infection

• Clinical signs

Diagnosis

• Haematology

• Tests on effusion fluid

• Cerebrospinal Fluid

• Antibodies

• FCoV Reverse-transcriptase polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR)

• Immunostaining of FCoV antigen in macrophages

• Management of cats with FIP

  • Treatment

• Vaccination

  • Primary vaccination course

  • Booster vaccination

• FIP control in specific situations

  • Breeding catteries

  • Rescue and boarding catteries

• References