We have also had an unusual number of cases of FIP over the last year or so. It's been so odd!! Keeping cats separate, really really cleaning litterboxes (as coronavirus can be transmitted through fecal matter), and working to lower stress (which can trigger the mutation into FIP) have been how we try to deal with it. Of course, it's hard to lower stress in a shelter environment but maybe kittens could go to / stay in foster care longer (or just get adopted out form the foster homes versus shelter?).
There is a treatment for it that is currently in testing stages... we have a kitten who is almost done with the 90 days of treatment! He wraps up on 11/22. I guess we'll see if it's effective in the following weeks after it's done, but so far he seems awesome - healthy, energetic, his levels look good... like a normal kitten. Which already is mindblowing to me since he was diagnosed with wet FIP 3 months ago. https://fiptreatment.com/
Here's a recording of a recent webinar on FIP research that was super interesting and informational: https://kittencoalition.org/event/webinar-feline-infectious-peritonitis-fip-updates-in-our-knowledge-and-approach/
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