Can Your Cats Catch The Corona Outbreak? – Ever since the news of Wuhan isolation spread throughout the world, people became more and more wary of the Coronavirus. As pet-owners, you may have worried about the epidemic beyond yourself because Corona is reportedly found on animals such as pangolins and bats first. Is it possible […]
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Category: Feline Infectious Peritonitis
Feline Infectious Peritonitis Virus that Affects Cats – Playing with cats is fun for lovers of these cute four-legged animals. Cats with cute fur and faces provide a special delight for their caregivers. However, cat lovers seem to always have to be available about the medical conditions experienced by cats that are kept. Cats are […]
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What Recent Research Says About Feline Infectious Peritonitis of Cats – Coronavirus (COVID19) has become a threat to everyone. There is currently no medication for this disease. It becomes worse because nowadays, people are overshadowed with Feline Infectious Peritonitis or FIP in wild and domestic cats. The disease is not new and some researches have […]
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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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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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