Registration Number
0225U002410,
(0121U108879)
, R & D reports
Title
The Pathomorphology and the Improvement of Diagnostics, treatment and prevention of the coronavirus infection in cats
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Патоморфологія, удосконалення діагностики, лікування та профілактики коронавірусної інфекції котів
Head
Horalskyi Leonid P., д.вет.н.
Registration Date
10-03-2025
Organization
Polissya National University
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To improve the diagnostics the coronavirus infection in cats, to study the etiology and pathomorfology of the disease, and to develop the outline of its treatment and prophylaxis
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Feline infectious peritonitis (FIP) is an extremely severe form of coronavirus infection, which
received its name due to the most pronounced clinical feature: inflammation of the abdominal
cavity (peritonitis). The causative agent of this infection is an RNA virus of the Coronaviridae
family, the Coronavirus genus, the Felinae Coronavirus species (FCoV). This group also includes
taxonomically close coronaviruses: transmissible porcine gastroenteritis virus and canine
coronavirus. A significant number of members of the feline family are susceptible to the disease: it
is most often found in domestic cats, but it is also recorded in lions, leopards, cheetahs, jaguars,
lynxes, caracals and other members of the Felidae family.
Treatment and preventive measures for coronavirus infection of domestic cats are currently
insufficiently studied, which necessitated the need for a detailed analysis of the data obtained
during laboratory studies. Given the relevance of this issue, the result of our research is to clarify,
supplement and generalize data on the treatment and prevention features of infectious peritonitis,
which will allow developing strategies to combat this disease.
Infection caused by feline coronavirus occurs in domestic cats everywhere, wild cats can also
be seropositive. The infection is most often found in crowded places, in particular in catteries,
where seropositivity can reach 100%. In a significant part of FcoV infected cats (according to some
data, 12%) fatal infectious peritonitis of cats, especially in an environment with several cats.
Product Description
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Tolokevych Oleksandr M.
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2025-03-10
