Lecture 18

Question 1

True or false: FIP has a low mortality rate

Answer 1

False; FIP has a 100% mortatility rate

Question 2

What is the causative agent of FIP?

Answer 2

Coronavirus; FIP is a mutation

Question 3

As long as the virus stays in the __ ____ and does not mutate, the cat will not get FIP

Answer 3

GI tract

Question 4

True or false” FIP is contagious

Answer 4

False; FIP is not transmitted and contagious, FECV is

Question 5

How is coronavirus transmitted?

Answer 5

In the feces from the litter box

Question 6

Coronavirus can survive up to _ ____ in the litter box

Answer 6

2 weeks

Question 7

FECV is spread by…

Answer 7

The fecal-oral route, saliva (less common), and respiratory droplets

Question 8

True or false: the coronavirus can persist in the environment for only 1 weeks

Answer 8

False; it can persist in the environment for 7 weeks to 3 months

Question 9

It is recommended to wait this long befor bringing another cat into the household

Answer 9

3 months

Question 10

Where does FIP prefer to replicate?

Answer 10

Monocytes/macrophages

Question 11

The first/three outcomes of FIP

Answer 11

The ca develops an immune response and CMI terminates the virus

Question 12

The third/third outcome of FIP

Answer 12

FECV antibodies or FIPV antibodies form and drives the disease into WET form in weeks

Question 12

The second/third outcome of FIP

Answer 12

A partial CMI occurs, and the cat develops a dry FIP but not for months or even years

Question 13

Ascites

Answer 13

Fluid in abdomen and dyspnea

Question 14

Fibrinous

Answer 14

Straw colored and stingy looking fluid

Question 15

Vasculitis of FIP likes these three organs

Answer 15

Brain, kidneys, and eyes

Question 16

Clinical signs of the WET form

Answer 16

Abdominal distention, dyspnea, muffled heart/lung sounds

Question 17

True or false: 75% of fluid will go to the thorax and 25% will go to the abdomen

Answer 17

False; 75% will go to the abdomen and 25% will go to the thorax

Question 18

Hypopyon

Answer 18

Accumulation of WBCs in the eye

Question 19

To test for FIP, we can…

Answer 19

Do a cytology of the fluid, or test for elevated total protein with an increased globulins and normal or decreased albumin

Question 20

True or false: cats will not have antibodies due to exposure to coronavirus

Answer 20

False; they will have antibodies

Question 21

Test used for FIP

Answer 21

Rivalta’s test

Question 22

True or false: the Rivalta’s test is not a diagnostic test alone, but can be used along with other tests like proteins

Answer 22

True

Question 23

The only treatment for FIP is…

Answer 23

Supportive care; there is no cure