ODDS FOR LITTERMATES OF FIP KITTENS

Details: Last Updated on Sunday, 02 September 2012 16:00; Published on Sunday, 23 August 2009 19:51

Research indicates that if one kitten in a litter gets FIP, that the others are several times more likely, but this is not absolute. If the overall incidence is 5% across the spectrum of young cats produced in a cattery, it could be 10-50% or higher among the remaining littermates. Researchers have seen one kitten in a litter of 6 killed by FIP and also 5 out of 6 develop the disease. Time is the only thing that will determine the fate of healthy siblings.

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SOCK FIP
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SOCK FIP CORE TEAM MEMBERS
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WHY IS SUPPORT NEEDED NOW?

Although there have been over 500 clinical and research publications on FIP since 1963, solutions to the disease have eluded researchers. However, that situation is now changing: the sequencing of the entire feline genome is almost complete and will provide researchers with a set of tools of unprecedented power to answer some of the important remaining questions about FIP.
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HISTORY OF SOCK

In 1974, Save Our Cats and Kittens (SOCK) was organized as a nonprofit group.It was founded by cat lovers from the San Francisco Bay Area to aid in much-needed feline leukemia virus (FeLV) research at the UC Davis School of Veterinary Medicine.FeLV infection was the cause of death of up to one-third of all sick cats during the 1960s and 1970s.
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SOCK FIP MISSION

Save Our Cats and Kittens from Feline Infectious Peritonitis (SOCK FIP) is a volunteer non profit organization dedicated to eliminating Feline Infectious Peritonitis (FIP) through advocacy, community education and financial support for UC Davis-CCAH FIP Research.