FIP

Question 1

Which form of FIP can present with nervous system CS?

Answer 1

• dry

Question 2

How does it present? Why?

Answer 2

• it generally produces multifocal inflammatory lesions throughout the nervous system
• generally present with multifocal lesion localisation
• insidiously progressive
• sometimes present initially as a progressive hindlimb paresis, which eventually will become more generalised with multifocal signs

Question 3

Diagnosis

Answer 3

• can be aided by CSF analysis

Question 4

Tx and prognosis

Answer 4

• prognosis without tx is hopeless
• new tx regimes e.g. remdesivir/GS-441524 can produce remarkable results