Feline Coronavirus RT-PCR Assays for Feline Infectious Peritonitis Diagnosis
Springer Protocols Handbooks
; : 161-170, 2022.
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in English
| EMBASE | ID: covidwho-2173511
ABSTRACT
Feline infectious peritonitis (FIP) is a highly fatal systemic disease in cats, caused by feline coronavirus (FCoV) infection. FCoV usually has little clinical significance;however, a mutation of this avirulent virus (feline enteric coronavirus) to a virulent type (FIP virus) can lead to FIP incidence. It is difficult to diagnose FIP, since the viruses cannot be distinguished using serological or virological methods. Recently, genetic techniques, such as RT-PCR, have been conducted for FIP diagnosis. In this chapter, the reliability of RT-PCR and procedures used to determine FCoV infection as part of antemortem FIP diagnosis is described. Copyright © Springer Science+Business Media New York 2016.
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