Evaluation of feline coronavirus viraemia in clinically healthy and ill cats with feline infectious peritonitis

• Main Authors: Sharif, Saeed, Arshad, Siti Suri, Bejo, Mohd Hair, Omar, Abdul Rahman, Allaudin, Zeenathul Nazariah, Rahman, Nor Alimah, Alazawy, Amer
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Medwell Journals 2011
• Online Access: http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/9397/1/9397.pdf; http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/9397/; http://www.medwelljournals.com/abstract/?doi=javaa.2011.18.22
• Institution: Universiti Putra Malaysia

Feline Coronavirus (FCoV) comprises virulent and avirulent biotypes. While both biotypes can enter the bloodstream of a cat, only the virulent biotypes would replicate in monocytes and macrophages and develop a fatal disease known as Feline Infectious Peritonitis (FIP). In the present study, FCoV vi...