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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Feline infectious peritonitis (FIP) is a type of disease that occurs on a cat. It is a rare disease but when it does strike, it is typically fatal. The disease occurs as an abnormal response given by the body of a cat against the Presence of Feline Coronavirus (FCoV), the virus that causes the condition […]
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Life is something that many people have to thanks, even for a life of a cat. That is because life is totally precious. Unfortunately, in the past decade, there is a kind of disease in a cat called Feline Infectious Peritonitis. This one kind of disease is indeed something quite rare, but unfortunately, the survival […]
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