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MeSH Heading: Feline Infectious Peritonitis
Tree Number(s): C01.925.782.600.550.200.360; C22.180.440
Unique ID: D016766
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D016766
Scope Note: Common coronavirus infection of cats caused by the feline infectious peritonitis virus (CORONAVIRUS, FELINE). The disease is characterized by a long incubation period, fever, depression, loss of appetite, wasting, and progressive abdominal enlargement. Infection of cells of the monocyte-macrophage lineage appears to be essential in FIP pathogenesis.
Entry Version: FELINE INFECT PERITONITIS
Entry Term(s): Infectious Peritonitis, Feline; Peritonitis, Infectious, Feline
Previous Indexing: Cat Diseases (1966-1991); Coronavirus Infections (1978-1991)
Public MeSH Note: 92
History Note: 92
Date Established: 1992/01/01
Date of Entry: 1991/05/02
Revision Date: 2019/06/17

Allowable Qualifiers: blood (BL)

cerebrospinal fluid (CF)

chemically induced (CI)

classification (CL)

complications (CO)

congenital (CN)

diagnosis (DI)

diagnostic imaging (DG)

diet therapy (DH)

drug therapy (DT)

economics (EC)

embryology (EM)

enzymology (EN)

epidemiology (EP)

etiology (ET)

genetics (GE)

history (HI)

immunology (IM)

metabolism (ME)

microbiology (MI)

mortality (MO)

nursing (NU)

parasitology (PS)

pathology (PA)

physiopathology (PP)

prevention & control (PC)

psychology (PX)

radiotherapy (RT)

surgery (SU)

therapy (TH)

transmission (TM)

urine (UR)

virology (VI)

Feline Infectious Peritonitis MeSH Descriptor Data 2025