What is FIP?
Feline Infectious Peritonitis is a mutation of feline infectious peritonitis virus. It is a chronic, progressive and fatal infectious disease. The disease may occur when the cat’s physical condition decreases. Feline Infectious Peritonitis can produce a variety of signs and ultimately lead to death.
What are the symptoms of FIP?
Dry FIP:
The dry type mainly causes pyogranulomatous lesions of organs. Cats will show symptoms such as progressive weight loss, eye opacity, anterior chamber pyometra, miosis, and visual impairment. A few are accompanied by multiple progressive neurological symptoms, including postdromal paralysis, Symptoms such as spasms, tremors, nystagmus, and personality changes, nodular lesions in the liver, kidneys, spleen, lungs, omentum, and lymph nodes; mesenteric lymph node nodules, anemia, and jaundice can be palpated on abdominal palpation.
Wet FIP:
More cats die within two months of onset. There is high protein exudate in the chest and abdomen. Depending on the amount of pleural effusion, symptoms range from asymptomatic to wheezing or difficulty breathing, and progressive painless abdominal enlargement. Male cats may have enlarged perineum, possibly Vomiting or diarrhea, moderate to severe anemia, clinical examination will reveal that the muscles on both sides of the spine are progressively weakened and thinned, and the abdomen is progressively enlarged.