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We're talking about FIP and its treatment.
Two people that I know both had their own cats diagnosed with FIP in the same week in January. They don't know each other. They were both referred to a veterinarian who has a clinic about 90 miles from here, I'll call her Dr. F.
One of the cats that were referred to Dr. F. unfortunately couldn't begin the therapy because another underlying disease, Toxoplasmosis, was diagnosed and this vet said that it wasn't possible to treat a FIP cat that has another health condition. This cat died a couple of days later.
The other cat was treated with a combination of drugs: one is the well known GS-441524, the others were a drug called BMX795 (which I haven't found anywhere in the internet) and a cortisone. This cat was diagnosed through a home made oral swab test (a normal Q-tip rubbed in the cat's mouth and then mailed to the vet), the test came positive and the cat started this new therapy right away.
After only a dozen of days this cat was retested with the same procedure and the test came negative, the cat was declared totally healed from the coronavirus, so the therapy was immediately stopped .
Now, I didn't know of such a short therapy for FIP, I have always known that the normal therapy lasts no less than 12 weeks, but Dr. F. claims that this new combination of drugs doesn't need long term therapies, and all cats fully recover within three weeks top. This things truly scares me. If the cat has a relapse of FIP, the usual med could not work again.
Dr. F. said that FIP isn't passed from cat to cat (which is the same thing I knew), but can be passed from cat to human and then to another cat, that means that humans can be vectors of the disease.
The same vet told one of the people that Toxoplasmosis can be transmitted to cats by dry food not stored in the fridge, she always advises her clients to store the kibbles in the fridge. This is new to me, never heard anything like that before. I know that the Toxoplasmosis parasite is killed by temperatures above 50°C / 122°F, and we know that kibbles are cooked at much higher temperature, so, even in the case of a contaminated ingredient, this should be made safe by the high temperature in the manifacturing process.
I am shocked at these weird (?) things that I have heard in such a short lapse of time.
Any opinions or insights? What are your thoughts?
Thanks.
We're talking about FIP and its treatment.
Two people that I know both had their own cats diagnosed with FIP in the same week in January. They don't know each other. They were both referred to a veterinarian who has a clinic about 90 miles from here, I'll call her Dr. F.
One of the cats that were referred to Dr. F. unfortunately couldn't begin the therapy because another underlying disease, Toxoplasmosis, was diagnosed and this vet said that it wasn't possible to treat a FIP cat that has another health condition. This cat died a couple of days later.
The other cat was treated with a combination of drugs: one is the well known GS-441524, the others were a drug called BMX795 (which I haven't found anywhere in the internet) and a cortisone. This cat was diagnosed through a home made oral swab test (a normal Q-tip rubbed in the cat's mouth and then mailed to the vet), the test came positive and the cat started this new therapy right away.
After only a dozen of days this cat was retested with the same procedure and the test came negative, the cat was declared totally healed from the coronavirus, so the therapy was immediately stopped .
Now, I didn't know of such a short therapy for FIP, I have always known that the normal therapy lasts no less than 12 weeks, but Dr. F. claims that this new combination of drugs doesn't need long term therapies, and all cats fully recover within three weeks top. This things truly scares me. If the cat has a relapse of FIP, the usual med could not work again.
Dr. F. said that FIP isn't passed from cat to cat (which is the same thing I knew), but can be passed from cat to human and then to another cat, that means that humans can be vectors of the disease.
The same vet told one of the people that Toxoplasmosis can be transmitted to cats by dry food not stored in the fridge, she always advises her clients to store the kibbles in the fridge. This is new to me, never heard anything like that before. I know that the Toxoplasmosis parasite is killed by temperatures above 50°C / 122°F, and we know that kibbles are cooked at much higher temperature, so, even in the case of a contaminated ingredient, this should be made safe by the high temperature in the manifacturing process.
I am shocked at these weird (?) things that I have heard in such a short lapse of time.
Any opinions or insights? What are your thoughts?
Thanks.
