Surgical care experience to a cat at feline infectious peritonitis (FIP)

УДК 619:616.988
DOI 10.33861/2071-8020-2025-2-29-32

Original Empirical Research

Gomazkov D.V., Litvinov O.B.

Abstract. The authors’ goal in writing this article is to publicize the successful experimental treatment, to convey that these results give hope for further application of similar tactics in providing surgical, often high-tech, care in conditions of a complex infectious problem, without significant risk of aggravating it. This review presents and analyzes in detail a clinical case of successful surgical care in a cat with a confirmed diagnosis of feline infectious peritonitis. The disease was presented as an effusion form, changes in blood test parameters are described in detail, changes that occurred macroscopically during physical examination, a comparative characteristic of similar parameters in cats with infectious peritonitis and those who do not need surgical care and those who do not receive it is carried out. An assessment of the effectiveness of modern nucleoside-based drugs in ensuring greater safety of surgical treatment against the background of FIP is given. Conclusions were made about the feasibility and possibility of providing surgical care to animals suffering from such an insidious, difficult to diagnose disease, the treatment of which is still controversial and often experimental. Research, diagnostics and treatment took place at a private Moscow veterinary clinic. The animals studied belonged to private owners.

Keywords: cats, infectious peritonitis, feline coronavirus infection, tests, surgical care, nucleoside, efficiency, experience, feasibility.

Author affiliation:

Litvinov Oleg B., D.Sc. in Veterinary Medicine, professor of the Department of Immunology and Biotechnology of the Moscow State Academy of Veterinary Medicine and Biotechnology named after K.I. Skryabin; 23, Academician Skryabin st., Moscow, 109472.

Responsible for correspondence with the editorial board: Gomazkov Denis V., postgraduate student of the Department of Immunology and Biotechnology of the Moscow State Academy of Veterinary Medicine and Biotechnology named after K.I. Skryabin; 23, Academician Skryabin st., Moscow, 109472; e-mail: denis.gomazkov@yandex.ru.

Authors’ Contribution:

Gomazkov D.V.: formal analysis, investigation, validation, visualization, writing - original draft preparation

Litvinov O.B.: conceptualization, data curation, supervision, resources, writing - editing.

Conflict of Interest Statement: the authors declare no conflict of interest.