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Content on the presentation, diagnosis and treatment of a common condition once considered fatal in cats.
Samantha Taylor, Séverine Tasker, Danièlle Gunn-Moore, Emi Barker and Stephanie Sorrell summarise the latest treatment advice to aid practitioners in the management of these patients.
Danièlle Gunn-Moore, Petra Černá, Stephanie Sorrell and Samantha Taylor discuss the clinical features of a disease that is complex to diagnose.
Danièlle Gunn-Moore, Petra Černá, Stephanie Sorrell and Samantha Taylor discuss treatment for when cost is an issue, and warn of products claiming to be GS-analogues.
Danièlle Gunn-Moore, Petra Černá, Stephanie Sorrell and Samantha Taylor conclude this article by stressing the importance of monitoring, hypothesising the use of drug combinations, and warning against the treatment of cats with faecal shedding of coronavirus.
Check out the FIP advice group’s flow chart outlining the work-up and treatment of FIP, which can prove challenging to diagnose as routine laboratory testing gives no specific findings.
With an increasing number of cases since January 2023, the authors urge serological testing of cats to avoid its spread outside of Cyprus, and the implementation of travel requirements for animals travelling to the UK.
Sally Coggins, of The University of Sydney, updates knowledge surrounding the use of these drugs in private practice, describes the current treatment protocols commonly employed in Australia, highlights side-effects to look out for, and discusses approaches to treatment failure.
With a treatment now available, Emi Barker describes the diagnostic pathway for identifying positive cases, and explains which cats are more likely to raise suspicion of having the virus and the need for vets to include it on the differential diagnosis list when sick cats are presented…
In light of recent changes, Sam Taylor, Séverine Tasker, Danièlle Gunn-Moore, Emi Barker and Stephanie Sorrell discuss treatment protocols to help support practitioners in managing this viral disease.
Sam Taylor and Emi Barker summarise thoughts on this disease’s presentation and diagnosis, plus introduce a new era of treatment.