04/20/2026
What great news!
The European Advisory Board on Cat Diseases has just updated their FIP treatment guidelines, three years after the last revision.
๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐๐ผ๐บ๐ฒ ๐ธ๐ฒ๐ ๐ต๐ถ๐ด๐ต๐น๐ถ๐ด๐ต๐๐:
โข Antiviral response is rapid, with clinical improvement often seen within daysโand ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐๐ฝ๐ผ๐ป๐๐ฒ ๐๐ผ ๐๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐๐บ๐ฒ๐ป๐ ๐ถ๐๐๐ฒ๐น๐ณ ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ป ๐๐๐ฝ๐ฝ๐ผ๐ฟ๐ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ฎ๐ด๐ป๐ผ๐๐ถ๐.
โข ๐ข๐ฟ๐ฎ๐น ๐๐ฆ-๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ญ๐ฑ๐ฎ๐ฐ is the preferred first-line treatment.
โข Standard dosing is ๐ญ๐ฑ ๐บ๐ด/๐ธ๐ด once daily, effective in most catsโnot only in effusive cases but across all manifestations of FIP. Some use higher dosages for cats with ocular and/or neurological signs.
โข ๐ฐ๐ฎ-๐ฑ๐ฎ๐ ๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ผ๐๐ผ๐ฐ๐ผ๐น๐ can be as effective as 84 days in many cases.
โข Adverse effects are usually mild (ALT elevation, GI signs), but rare complications such as large cell lymphoma and urolithiasis have been reported.
โข Concurrent conditions (e.g., ๐๐๐๐, ๐ฆ๐ฒ๐จ๐๐๐ซ๐๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐ฌ) are increasingly recognized and may require additional therapy.
โข Prognostic indicators are becoming more definedโhigh bilirubin and hypoglycemia are negative indicators, while ๐๐๐ฟ๐๐ถ๐๐ฎ๐น ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐ฎ๐ ๐น๐ฒ๐ฎ๐๐ ๐ฐ๐ด ๐ต๐ผ๐๐ฟ๐ ๐ฎ๐ณ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐๐๐ฎ๐ฟ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ฎ๐ป๐๐ถ๐๐ถ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐น ๐๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐๐บ๐ฒ๐ป๐ ๐ถ๐ ๐ณ๐ฎ๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ฏ๐น๐ฒ.
โข Monitoring remains essentialโweight, clinical response, and laboratory trends guide treatment, and early fluctuations do not always indicate failure. A drop in body weight, a transient increase in globulins, and a decrease in PCV can occur as effusions resolve around two weeks into treatment.
๐๐๐ฃ ๐ต๐ฎ๐๐ปโ๐ ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฎ๐ป๐ด๐ฒ๐ฑ, ๐ฏ๐๐ ๐๐ต๐ฎ๐ ๐ถ๐ ๐บ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ป๐ ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐ผ๐๐ฟ ๐ฝ๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ฒ๐ป๐๐ ๐ต๐ฎ๐. ๐ช๐ต๐ฎ๐ ๐๐ฎ๐ ๐ผ๐ป๐ฐ๐ฒ ๐ฎ ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ฎ๐ด๐ป๐ผ๐๐ถ๐ ๐๐ฒ ๐ณ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ถ๐ ๐ป๐ผ๐ ๐ผ๐ป๐ฒ ๐๐ฒ ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ป ๐ณ๐ถ๐ด๐ต๐, ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ผ๐ณ๐๐ฒ๐ป ๐๐ถ๐ป. ๐๐ป๐ฑ ๐๐ต๐ฎ๐ ๐๐ต๐ถ๐ณ๐ ๐ถ๐ ๐ผ๐ป๐ฒ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐บ๐ผ๐๐ ๐บ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ป๐ถ๐ป๐ด๐ณ๐๐น ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฎ๐ป๐ด๐ฒ๐ ๐๐ฒโ๐๐ฒ ๐๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ป ๐ถ๐ป ๐ณ๐ฒ๐น๐ถ๐ป๐ฒ ๐บ๐ฒ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ป๐ฒ.
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