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Common coronavirus infection of cats caused by the feline infectious peritonitis virus (CORONAVIRUS, FELINE). The disease is characterized by a long incubation period, fever, depression, loss of appetite, wasting, and progressive abdominal enlargement. Infection of cells of the monocyte-macrophage lineage appears to be essential in FIP pathogenesis.
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- Infectious Peritonitis, Feline
- Peritonitis, Infectious, Feline
- Feline Infectious Peritonitides
- Infectious Peritonitides, Feline
- Peritonitis, Feline Infectious
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Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, classification, complications, congenital, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, embryology, enzymology, epidemiology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, radiotherapy, surgery, therapy, transmission, urine, virology.
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- Cat Diseases (1966-1991)
- Coronavirus Infections (1978-1991)
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- National Library of Medicine. Feline Infectious Peritonitis. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D016766. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D016766
- Feline Infectious Peritonitis. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Feline_infectious_peritonitis
- Feline Infectious Peritonitis. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q9692