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It's coronavirus
Suddenly, without warning, Phil P. exclaimed (10/13/2009 12:57 PM):
"John Ross Mc Master" wrote in message ... On Tue, 13 Oct 2009 00:43:33 -0400, "Phil P." wrote: "John Ross Mc Master" wrote in message ... It hit them all at once. It could become FIP which is fatal. I must have tracked it in somehow. Most cats are infected with FCoV at some point in their lives because it spreads so easily. You don't even have to be near an infected cat to tract it in to your home. But I wouldn't worry about FIP if I were you. First off- just because your cats are FCoV antibody-positive (I'm assuming your vet ran a ViraCHEK/CV for antibodies to FCoV), that doesn't mean FCoV is causing your cats' clinical signs. Millions of cats are FCoV antibody-positive and completely asymptomatic. If you want to know if your cats have an active FCoV infection, you have to run paired antibody tests and see if the titers are rising. A single test doesn't mean anything more than your cats were exposed to FCoV at some point in their lives. If you got one of your cats from a shelter or breeder the cat is most likely FCoV positive and could have infected the others. But most FCoV infections are subclinical and you would never know the cat was positive unless you tested for it. A "bad" FCoV infection causes enteritis - but that's about it in the vast majority of cases. How are they doing? Phil The girls are eating now and the older boys are being forcefed. One of the boys had a bowel movement! They were constipated? The primary clinical sign of FCoV infection is diarrhea. I don't think FCoV is the problem. Phil Since he said they weren't eating, I'm wondering if it isn't constipation, but simply nothing to eliminate? jmc |
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