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Knowing More about Feline Coronavirus

Knowing More about Feline Coronavirus

Feline coronavirus (FCoV) is a virus that is infectious to cats all around the world. It is of positive-stranded RNA type and is part of the Alphacoronavirus 1 species of the Alphacoronavirus genus, under the Coronaviridae family. Alphacoronavirus 1 is a species group, to which the canine coronavirus (CCoV) belongs as well as the porcine […]

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Diagnosis of Feline Infectious Peritonitis

Diagnosis of Feline Infectious Peritonitis

In recent years, the diagnosis of feline infectious peritonitis (FIP), especially the effusive type, has been more straightforward due to advancement of technology. Effusive FIP is diagnosed through the presence of viral RNA within the effusion sample, observed through reverse-transcriptase polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR). This, however, means that a sample should have been delivered to […]

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