Feline Infectious Peritonitis Virus Infection
Feline coronaviruses (FCoV) are RNA viruses belonging to family Coronaviridae and genus Alphacoronavirus and include feline enteric coronavirus (FECV) with affinity for enterocytes and feline infectious peritonitis virus (FIPV) which replicates in monocytes and macrophages (Pedersen, 2009). This change in cell tropism from enterocytes to monocytes is known as the internal mutation theory (Pedersen, 2009). […]
Feline Mycobacterial Disease: Determining Which Bug Really Matters
Feline mycobacterioses present veterinary practitioners with a conundrum. An overlap in the clinical presentation of disease, regardless of which species of mycobacteria is involved, can make definitive diagnosis challenging. Since different species of mycobacteria vary in terms of the zoonotic risk they carry, as well as optimal antibiotic treatment selection and prognosis, accurate diagnosis and […]