see my other post--as others have said, the only real way to diagnose FIP is post-morten. the titre test proves nothing more than that the cat has been exposed to one of the many corona virii--and a cat can have a very high corona titre one week because there's a new uri in the house, and a normal (?) one the following week. a high corona titre in a cat means nothing in terms of FIP, anymore than a high corona titre in a human means they have SARS (which seems to be a similar mutation....)
FIP is the worst cat disease, i feel--no preventing it, no predicting who'll get it, no treatment once they do.... lots of new info in the past few years, lots of research going on, so hopefully this will NOT be true in a few more years. On 10/24/06, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
I want to add that the lab that did the screening on Dukee said he had the Feline Corona Virus....go figure. Yet they say he isn't or is positive for FIP. I'm really screwed up now... :( In a message dated 10/24/2006 7:54:48 A.M. Pacific Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Corona virus is highly contagious through feces and saliva… and it's very common for cats to have – but FIP is not contagious. Terrie Mohr-Forker TAZZY'S ANIMAL TRANSPORTS SIAMESE & COLLIE RESCUE Donations accepted at: https://www.paypal.com/ http://www.tazzys-siameses-collies.petfinder.org/ http://groups.yahoo.com/group/wasiameserescue http://hometown.aol.com/tatorbunz/myhomepage/petmemorial.html http://www.felineleukemia.org/ http://www.hometown.aol.com/tatorbunz/index.html http://www.petloss.com/
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