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Post a new topicby contentuser on Wed Dec 19, 2007 11:50 am


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Feline infectious peritonitis (FIP) is a serious, nearly always fatal systemic viral disease of wild and domestic cats caused by a coronavirus, a type of virus that afflicts pigs, dogs, and in some forms, humans. However, the specific virus that causes FIP — the FIP virus — does not infect humans. The clinical name for the virus that causes FIP is feline coronavirus. (FcoV).



A common, relatively benign form of feline coronavirus is the feline enteric coronavirus (FECV). Wh...Read the full article

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