My point is, IF the fluid WAS removed from my cats' bellies, sent off for the
more speicalized test that is stated in your email, (which it WAS) and it comes
back "likely", I would not argue w/ that.
And my vet said that it was FIP (Serenity) or it was not (Caspian).
He has seen enogh cases, also, to make that statement.
Please DO NOT CALL him criminal for telling me so.
YOU do not know him..
Apparently we are flogging a dead horse here.
I am not going to participate in this "type" of conversation again.
Susan J. DuBose >^..^<
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----- Original Message -----
From: Belinda
To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org
Sent: Thursday, June 28, 2007 5:13 PM
Subject: FIP Facts - WAS - Suzie crossed the bridge
Here are some sites with info about FIP. Just because the same
misinformation keeps getting repeated isn't going to make it true. To many
cats pay with their lives when incorrect information is tossed about. To say a
cat is suspected to have FIP is one thing, to say is is confirmed without the
proper verification procedures being followed is in my opinion criminal.
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This is from the VeterinaryPartner.com website written and maintained by
vets, it is from 2002 so even this is probably no the most accurate info:
http://www.veterinarypartner.com/Content.plx?P=A&A=232
FIP effusion fluid is thick, tenacious, straw-colored to deep golden, and
clear to slightly cloudy.
From another Vet Website, again written in 2002:
http://www.vetinfo.com/cencyclopedia/cefip.html
When cats have the "effusive" form of FIP in which abdominal fluid
accumulation occurs, the thick, straw colored fluid has characteristics that
strongly suggest FIP. It is possible to run a more specialized lab test, a
polymerase chain reaction test for FIP, on this fluid. This type of testing is
more accurate than FIP antibody testing but still is not definitive. Blood
tests to compare the various protein levels in the blood can be very suggestive
of FIP infection, as well. High immunglobulin levels are very suggestive of FIP
in the presence of clinical signs. Despite all of this, there is no clear-cut
way to make a sure diagnosis of FIP prior to death.
This person does Dr Addie's website and probably has some of the most current
and factual info on FIP:
http://www.orionfoundation.com/Information.htm
3) Verify FIP through histopathology. Simply necropsy is not enough.
Microscopic evaluation of tissue from biopsy or necropsy by a trained
pathologist is considered the only diagnostic proof of FIP. Where available
request immunoperoxidase examination of tissue to verify presence of Corona
virus in suspect tissue.
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Belinda
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