feline infectious peritonitis virus (fipv) is ubiquitous in domestic cats, especially in young cats and multi-cat environments. in the present study, a total of 248 companion cats of different ages were examined for serum antibody detection of fipv by immunochromatography assay. the cats were selected from those referring to veterinary hospital of ahvaz university, southwestern iran from decemb...

Antibody-dependent enhancement of virus infection is a process whereby virus-antibody complexes initiate infection of cells via Fc receptor-mediated endocytosis. We sought to investigate antibody-dependent enhancement of feline infectious peritonitis virus infection of primary feline peritoneal macrophages in vitro. Enhancement of infection was assessed, after indirect immunofluorescent-antibod...

The most important infectious diseases affecting cats are feline panleukopenia, feline viral respiratory diseases, feline infectious peritonitis, and the feline leukemia virus disease complex. Other infectious diseases affect cats, but do not occur as frequently. Feline Panleukopenia also is variously termed feline infectious enteritis, or cat distemper. It is caused by a parvovirus (DNA virus)...

Feline infectious peritonitis virus (FIPV) is ubiquitous in domestic cats, especially in young cats and multi-cat environments. In the present study, a total of 248 companion cats of different ages were examined for serum antibody detection of FIPV by immunochromatography assay. The cats were selected from those referring to Veterinary Hospital of Ahvaz University, southwestern Iran from Decemb...

The feline coronaviruses can be divided into two distinct antigenic groups on the basis of antigenic differences found on the peplomer (E2) glycoprotein of the virus. Because the E2 glycoprotein is responsible for many of the biological functions of coronaviruses, experiments were done to determine whether there were any E2 functional differences between these two antigenic groups. The avirulen...

The main feature of feline coronavirus infection is its manifestation in the form peritonitis. Feline infectious peritonitis a highly lethal disease that lacks primary prevention and therapy. Therefore, an epizootic problem near future. In our review, we demonstrate current clinical, diagnostic, therapeutic interventions for peritonitis, as well hypotheses origin.

Several infectious diseases are the cause or associated with the female and occasionally the male reproductive system of the cat.1>2,3,4,5,6^7,a Most notable are the viral diseases that cause infertility, embryonal-fetal death and resorption, malformations, abortion, mummification, stillborns and kitten neonatal death. Two classical viral infections, panleukopenia and feline viral rhinotracheit...

A 1-year-old female domestic cat showing progressive locomotor and neurological problems for 4 weeks was euthanized and examined. On autopsy, the brain was macroscopically normal. Test results for rabies, feline spongiform encephalopathy, feline infectious peritonitis, feline immunodeficiency virus, feline leukemia virus, and feline herpes virus (type I) were negative. Histologic examination of...

To the Editor: Feline coronaviruses (FCoVs) occur as 2 pathotypes, feline infectious peritonitis virus (FIPV) and feline enteric coronavirus (FECV). FECV is common in cats, causing mild transient enteritis in kittens, but is asymptomatic in adult cats. In contrast, FIPV occurs sporadically but is lethal. It replicates in monocytes and macrophages and rapidly disseminates throughout the body cau...