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SUMMARY Serum antibodies to the feline infectious peritonitis ( fip ) virus were measured in cats, using an indirect fluorescent antibody procedure. Antibody titers of 1:400 to 1:25,600 were seen in cats with both effusive and noneffusive forms of fip . About 87% of the normal cats in fip problem catteries and 20% of the cats in the Davis, Ca, area also had antibody titers to the fip virus, ranging from 1:25 to 1:400. Although the infection rate is high among cats, relatively few of the cats infected with the fip virus ever develop clinically apparent fip .
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