Talk:Feline infectious peritonitis

Titer/titre
Could someone please supply a chart showing relative titer counts to severity of the infection? Fifteen years ago my cat Bobby was exposed to a Kitten with FIP that later died. At that point Bobby's titer was 1600. He never developed the disease although it was five or six months before his titer was bacK in normal range. Our vet advised re-vaccinating him immediately and then having his blood checKed for the next six months which we did.Risssa (talk) 22:38, 31 August 2012 (UTC)

Wet or dry more common?
The article states, without citation, that the wet form is more common, but that's contradicted by the Vetinfo.com source cited at note 2.

Anyone knowledgeable here? --Tbanderson (talk) 16:15, 4 June 2015 (UTC)


 * When my kitten had it and I was researching the condition, everything I ran across said wet form was more common, but I was mostly looking at the "Dr. Schmoo the veterinarian with info about cats with FIP" sites, and- um- wikipedia - so I haven't gone over the peer-reviewed literature. I'd be interested in what the research says. Unfortunately, I have other rodeos (and horse races) that I'm spending my wiki-time on, so I must be the other animals and let The Little Red Hen do the work here... wherever she is...  Montanabw (talk)  17:19, 4 June 2015 (UTC)

Assessment comment
Substituted at 15:02, 29 April 2016 (UTC)

FIP itself is not communicable
The feline coronavirus that can mutate into FIP is obviously highly communicable, but it's widely known now that FIP itself is *not* communicable. Studies have shown that cats suffering from FIP continue to shed regular FeCV, not a deadly mutated form. (The higher prevalence in catteries and shelters is believed to be the result of increased stress, age, and genetic susceptibility.) It'd be nice if someone with the free time would correct the article, and possibly tackle the same problem over at the Feline Coronavirus piece... 24.6.199.237 (talk) 04:22, 15 April 2021 (UTC)
 * Hmm. This is about the same as saying that AIDS is not communicable but HIV is. The two are so closely related. We do need to be clear on what the difference is, but not mislead readers into thinking there is not a communicable element. (See archives for previous discussions about removing the "quarantine not needed" language).  — SMcCandlish ☏ ¢ 😼  19:31, 12 October 2023 (UTC)
 * Relatedly, there’s a very confusing paragraph in the article:
 * “There is a lack of evidence FIP is transmissible from cat to cat […] The virus is easily spread through direct contact between cats.”
 * Until I read this Talk section, I thought those two sentences directly contradicted each other. Now I see that the first sentence is about FIP as such and the second is about FCoV as such, but that wasn’t at all clear to me as a casual reader. I’ll try to clarify that paragraph a bit, but I strongly agree that this article needs to be clearer about that distinction if it’s going to make the distinction. — Elysdir (talk) 19:16, 23 May 2024 (UTC)

Where to list risk factors/prevalence in breeds?
I found a good study on the condition and it's prevalence by breed type but I'm not sure where would be appropriate to include (if appropriate at all). https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/1098612X12441875 Traumnovelle (talk) 03:09, 6 January 2024 (UTC)