2015 ACVIM Forum Research Abstract Program

Leutenegger 2 , Jane Robertson 2 , Marko Estrada 2 , Pauline Young 2 . 1 IDEXX Laboratories, Inc., Westbrook, ME, USA, 2 IDEXX Laboratories, Inc., Sacramento, CA, USA Definitive diagnosis of feline infectious peritonitis (FIP) remains a challenge. Difficulties in diagnosis include lack of specific clinical signs, non-specific laboratory abnormalities and low specificity of antibody titers. A real-time PCR test to detect the specific virulent form of feline coronavirus has recently been developed by IDEXX Laboratories based on fusion peptide mutations in the spike gene. FIP Virus RealPCR Ã’ Test is reported as one of two biotypes: feline infectious peritonitis (FIPV) or feline enteric coronavirus (FECV). When biotyping is not possible on a specimen, it is reported as either below limit of detection or indeterminate, depending on the viral load.