Thank you for the information Belinda. I am going to read all of it.
Gina
MaryChristine <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: the most important info, i believe, in
the last few years, is the research showing a genetic predisposition for the
mutation from the usually benign corona virus to the horrible FIP. when i was
still involved with VIN (the parent of www.veterinarypartner.com that belinda
references), this relationship was just starting to come out, through the
Feline Genome Project results from UC Davis and other participants. the winn
feline foundation (whose link i don't happen to have right at hand but a search
will pull it up, has current position papers on FIV, FeLV and FIP. personally,
i disagree with their overly pessimistic stats on both FIV and FeLV, but that's
me.)
as belinda says, the information is out there and we have a responsibility to
make sure that what we don't add to the confusion by repeating stuff that is
NOT accurate.
(and yes, i STILL haven't found where, exactly, the oft-quoted figure that "70%
of healthy adult cats can throw off the FeLV virus." but i'm still looking.)
On 6/28/07, Belinda <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Here are some sites with info about FIP. Just because the same
misinformation keeps getting repeated isn't going to make it true. To many
cats pay with their lives when incorrect information is tossed about. To say a
cat is suspected to have FIP is one thing, to say is is confirmed without the
proper verification procedures being followed is in my opinion criminal.
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This is from the VeterinaryPartner.com website written and maintained by vets,
it is from 2002 so even this is probably no the most accurate info:
http://www.veterinarypartner.com/Content.plx?P=A&A=232
FIP effusion fluid is thick, tenacious, straw-colored to deep golden, and
clear to slightly cloudy.
From another Vet Website, again written in 2002:
http://www.vetinfo.com/cencyclopedia/cefip.html
When cats have the "effusive" form of FIP in which abdominal fluid
accumulation occurs, the thick, straw colored fluid has characteristics that
strongly suggest FIP. It is possible to run a more specialized lab test, a
polymerase chain reaction test for FIP, on this fluid. This type of testing is
more accurate than FIP antibody testing but still is not definitive. Blood
tests to compare the various protein levels in the blood can be very suggestive
of FIP infection, as well. High immunglobulin levels are very suggestive of FIP
in the presence of clinical signs. Despite all of this, there is no clear-cut
way to make a sure diagnosis of FIP prior to death. This person does Dr Addie's
website and probably has some of the most current and factual info on FIP:
http://www.orionfoundation.com/Information.htm
3) Verify FIP through histopathology. Simply necropsy is not enough.
Microscopic evaluation of tissue from biopsy or necropsy by a trained
pathologist is considered the only diagnostic proof of FIP. Where available
request immunoperoxidase examination of tissue to verify presence of Corona
virus in suspect tissue.
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