Publicación:

Peritonitis infecciosa felina: revisión de literatura y aspectos generales de las principales técnicas de diagnostico

Resumen

Feline infectious peritonitis (FIP) is a mysterious and lethal disease in cats. The causative agent, feline coronavirus (FCoV), is ubiquitous in most feline populations, although the disease is sporadic in nature. Mutations in the infectious virus combined with an inappropriate immune response to FCoV contribute to the development of PIF. Diagnosis can be challenging because the signs may be vague, clinical pathology parameters are nonspecific, and the gold standard for diagnosis is invasive: histopathology of the affected tissue. Regarding treatment, there are still no effective drugs against the virus, a new treatment trend is being developed, which so far has yielded favorable results, but more studies are still needed.