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(START HERE) What is FIP?
Feline infectious peritonitis (FIP) is a viral disease of cats caused by certain strains of a virus called the feline coronavirus. Most...
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Initial diagnosis of eye and nerve problems in FIP
Initial suspicion of neurological and/or ocular FIP is based on the patient's age, place of origin, and presenting clinical symptoms. FIP...
How soon should I stop treating FIP infected cats with GS?
One of the most difficult decisions is deciding whether to discontinue therapy. Although some cats with wet FIP, often younger cats, can...
GS Side Effects
Remarkably, there are no known systemic adverse effects associated with GS-441524. Minor kidney damage can occur in cats without...
SYMPTOMS AND DOSAGE
!NEW! "The American Association of Feline Practitioners and EveryCat Health Foundation Announce Feline Infectious Peritonitis (FIP)...
What Type of GS FIP Treatment Should I Begin With?
There are two choices for FIP treatment with the GS-441524 antiviral: subcutaneous injections (liquid) or oral capsules. Ask yourself,...
Exactly how does the FIP virus spread?
Most infections come in through the nose. Within a week of getting sick naturally, cats start to pass the virus in their poop. At the...
FIP Clinical Observations
Feline Coronavirus Infection: An FCoV infection can cause mild diarrhea and/or vomiting that goes away quickly. This is because FCoV...
Diagnosis of FIP
It is important to find FIP quickly and accurately, but it can be hard to do. There are problems because there aren't any confirmatory...
Treatment, Prevention, and Control:
Because FCoV antibodies are so common in healthy cats, testing antibodies in healthy cats as a whole is not a good way to screen pet cats...
Management of Exposed Cats
When a cat in a home gets FIP, all the other cats that cat has been in contact with have already been exposed to the same FCoV. Under...
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