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Reading all the heartbreaking posts about FIP brought some memories to the surface, and I thought I'd share some info that was very helpful to me during the often confusing and frustrating process of trying to help my vet diagnose / rule out FIP in a shelter kitten that was manifesting symptoms of multiple diseases, including FIP.
www.catvirus.com
There's so much information here, some of which covers:
--accessible versions of the science of FIP and the surrounding research
--extensive discussion of FIP, prevention, transmission, etc.
--diagnostic assistance tools for both guardians and vets
--clinical info (for vets)
--info on stomatitis
--info on other URDs
I hope no one needs this, but if you do, I hope it helps.
peace.
A bit about Dr. Addie (excerpt):
Dr Diane D Addie is a veterinary surgeon and virologist who has spent the last 23 years researching feline infectious peritonitis (FIP) and feline coronavirus infection (FCoV). She qualified as a veterinary surgeon from the University of Glasgow, in Scotland, and spent 8 years in small animal practice in the north of England. She returned to Glasgow Veterinary School to research into FIP, her PhD was entitled "Studies on the humoral immune response to feline coronavirus." She is Honorary Senior Research Fellow at the University of Glasgow, Scotland, U.K and Director of the Feline Institute Pyrenees in France. Dr Addie serves on the European Advisory Board of Cat Disease.
Her dream is to eradicate FIP, at least from pedigree/purebred cats, and preferably also from rescue shelters, within the next 10 years. By becoming informed and spreading reliable knowledge, or by fundraising for research you can help her fight FIP.
She takes the stand that she prefers not to experiment on animals and all her studies have been on animals who have become infected or sick naturally and whose veterinary surgeons or guardians have contacted her.
In 2003 she received the Amoroso award for outstanding contributions to small animal studies by a non-clinical member of university staff. She served on the council of Cats Protection for 20 years and is currently a patron of the Celia Hammond Animal Trust.
Reading all the heartbreaking posts about FIP brought some memories to the surface, and I thought I'd share some info that was very helpful to me during the often confusing and frustrating process of trying to help my vet diagnose / rule out FIP in a shelter kitten that was manifesting symptoms of multiple diseases, including FIP.
www.catvirus.com
There's so much information here, some of which covers:
--accessible versions of the science of FIP and the surrounding research
--extensive discussion of FIP, prevention, transmission, etc.
--diagnostic assistance tools for both guardians and vets
--clinical info (for vets)
--info on stomatitis
--info on other URDs
I hope no one needs this, but if you do, I hope it helps.
peace.
A bit about Dr. Addie (excerpt):
Dr Diane D Addie is a veterinary surgeon and virologist who has spent the last 23 years researching feline infectious peritonitis (FIP) and feline coronavirus infection (FCoV). She qualified as a veterinary surgeon from the University of Glasgow, in Scotland, and spent 8 years in small animal practice in the north of England. She returned to Glasgow Veterinary School to research into FIP, her PhD was entitled "Studies on the humoral immune response to feline coronavirus." She is Honorary Senior Research Fellow at the University of Glasgow, Scotland, U.K and Director of the Feline Institute Pyrenees in France. Dr Addie serves on the European Advisory Board of Cat Disease.
Her dream is to eradicate FIP, at least from pedigree/purebred cats, and preferably also from rescue shelters, within the next 10 years. By becoming informed and spreading reliable knowledge, or by fundraising for research you can help her fight FIP.
She takes the stand that she prefers not to experiment on animals and all her studies have been on animals who have become infected or sick naturally and whose veterinary surgeons or guardians have contacted her.
In 2003 she received the Amoroso award for outstanding contributions to small animal studies by a non-clinical member of university staff. She served on the council of Cats Protection for 20 years and is currently a patron of the Celia Hammond Animal Trust.
