Description
This is the 5th webinar of the Feline Coronavirus / Feline Infectious Peritonitis series, kindly hosted by Webinarvet. Up until now, we have concentrated on diagnosing the cat with FIP or FCoV-related enteritis. We turn our attention to healthy cats and prevention of FCoV infection and FIP.
Many of the key infectious diseases of the cats can be prevented by vaccination, and FIP is no exception. However, the vaccine—Felocell FIP (Zoetis)—is not available in all countries, and to be effective, it must be given from 16 weeks of age. As we saw in the first webinar, the largest demographic of FIP is in pedigree kittens, and they become infected at 5-6 weeks, when maternally derived antibody (MDA) wears off, and they will usually have been sold into their new homes before the age of the FIP vaccine. Therefore, until such kittens can be vaccinated, they can only be prevented from infection by excellent hygiene.
We are increasingly seeing litigation against breeders who sell kittens who develop FIP: in this webinar you will learn how to protect your breeder clients and how to advise them to produce FCoV-free kittens. The webinar will also include tips for adjusting practice policy and hygiene routines to prevent nosocomial FCoV infection, or triggering FIP in FCoV-infected cats due to stress.
The webinar attendee will benefit from watching my YouTube video on FCoV transmission since I will be unable to play it during the webinar:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rkqUjeQNEQs
Please visit www.catvirus.com for further FIP information.