| Title: | Meower Power is Valuing Differences |
| Notice: | FELINE_V1 is moving 1/11/94 5pm PST to MISERY |
| Moderator: | MISERY::VANZUYLEN_RO |
| Created: | Sun Feb 09 1986 |
| Last Modified: | Tue Jan 11 1994 |
| Last Successful Update: | Fri Jun 06 1997 |
| Number of topics: | 5089 |
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I any looking for some more information on a deases that cat can
get that is call I of FP or Feline Peritontis. I have a little
knowledge on this other than there is a wet and dry form of it.
The wet form is very deadly to cat and the dry form is an infection
in the brain area and causes vision problems with death being
possible.
If any one have any information on this I would like to know about
it since my friend's kitty has this ( the dry form ) and the
medication that the vet has given does not seem to be helping any
at all.
All idea and comment would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks all ready,
Nancy mother of 2 kittys
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| 840.1 | Some pointers | VAXWRK::LEVINE | Thu Oct 15 1987 18:58 | 6 | |
If what you're talking about is FIP (Feline Infectious Peritonitis), there are some discussions of it in notes 360 and 412.8. I've never heard of wet and dry forms of FIP though. Pam | |||||
| 840.2 | Wet and Dry Forms of FIP | GLINKA::GREENE | Thu Oct 15 1987 19:08 | 15 | |
Yup, both wet and dry forms!
Cornell Veterinary (Ithaca, NY) has some good literature available.
They do a lot of the research.
Sorry I don't have the phone number handy.
According to Dr. Jeff Barlow there, the bottom line is that many
cats have the (asymptomatic) antibodies and/or virus. Unfortunately
for the occasional few that actually get disease symptoms (only
about 1%, often cats who are FeLV positive), the disease itself
is not usually treatable.
The symptoms are more useful for diagnosis than the blood test
(because of the large percentage of cats who have measureable
blood levels but never develop the disease).
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