Feline infectious peritonitis
| Feline infectious peritonitis | |
|---|---|
| FIP-infected kidney showing inflammatory response | |
| Specialty | Infectious diseases |
| Symptoms | Initial phase: common cold-like symptoms.
Later on: ataxia, muscle weakness, dysphagia. End phase: shortness of breath, urinary incontinence, paralysis. |
| Usual onset | Can take up to a year for symptoms to appear after exposure to virus |
| Duration | 1-month or less average life expectancy after diagnosis, especially in kittens |
| Causes | Mutation of feline coronavirus |
| Treatment | UK, Australia, Netherlands: GS-441524 (given orally as tablets) and its parent drug remdesivir (given by intravenous or subcutaneous injection) |
| Prognosis | Usually fatal without treatment, but with GS-441524 treatment over 80% of treated cats make a full recovery. |
| Frequency | Common |
Feline infectious peritonitis (FIP) is a common and aberrant immune response in cats to infection with feline coronavirus (FCoV).