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The influence of age and genetics on natural resistance to experimentally induced feline infectious peritonitis.
Veterinary immunology and immunopathology - 15 Nov 2014
Pedersen Niels C, Liu Hongwei, Gandolfi Barbara, Lyons Leslie A
Abstract excerpt
Naturally occurring feline infectious peritonitis (FIP) is usually fatal, giving the impression that immunity to the FIP virus (FIPV) is extremely poor. This impression may be incorrect, because not all cats experimentally exposed to FIPV develop FIP. There is also a belief that the incidence of FIP may be affected by a number of host, virus, and environmental cofactors. However, the contribution of these...
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