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Infections of cats with the coronavirus causing feline infectious peritonitis (FIP) are mostly inapparent. In cases where a poly-serositis develops, it is a progressively debilitating, fatal disease with occasional neurological and ocular symptoms. Upon post-mortem examination, pyogranulomatous organ lesions are prominent; the body cavities may contain varying quantities of a viscid exudate. The agent, which is serologically related to TGE virus of swine, has a world wide distribution. I t has been shown recently to replicate in laboratory rodents. Several observations indicate an immune pathogenesis of FIP.
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