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Table 1 Information for all FIP-suspected and confirmed cats from the cat shelter

From: An outbreak of feline infectious peritonitis in a Taiwanese shelter: epidemiologic and molecular evidence for horizontal transmission of a novel type II feline coronavirus

Cat no

Age1

Date of enter the shelter

Date of fever onset

Date of death

Clinical findings

Necropsy findings

Effusive/non-effusive

1

3m

Jun. 16, 2011

Aug. 17, 2011

Sep. 01, 2011

Fever, anorexia, ascites, neurological signs

  

2a

4m

Aug. 06, 2011

NA2

Sep. 21, 2011

Clinical signs unavailable

  

3b

3m

Jul. 11, 2011

Aug. 18, 2011

Sep. 25, 2011

Fever, anorexia, weight loss, neurological signs

  

4

2.5m

Jun. 08, 2011

Aug. 16, 2011

Sep. 28, 2011

Fever, ascites, neurological signs

  

5a

4m

Aug. 06, 2011

Aug. 15, 2011

Oct. 20, 2011

Fever, pleural effusion, diarrhea

  

6

7m

Apr. 24, 2011

NA

Oct. 22, 2011

Anorexia, weight loss, neurological signs

  

7

3y6m

Resident

NA

Oct. 27, 2011

 

Ascites, jaundice, granulomatous lesion in kidney, fibrinous peritonitis

Effusive

8

6m

Jul. 11, 2011

NA

Dec. 14, 2011

 

Granulomatous changes in kidney, liver, lung, brain and eyes

Non-effusive

9

2y

Resident

NA

Dec. 28, 2011

 

Ascites, pleural effusion and pericardial effusion, granulomatous changes in kidney, liver and intestine

Effusive/non-effusive

10b

3m

Jul. 11, 2011

NA

Nov. 05, 2011

 

Granulomatous changes in kidney, liver and omentum

Non-effusive

11c

1y6m

Resident

NA

Feb. 14, 2012

 

Ascites and pleural effusion, jaundice, fibrinous peritonitis, granulomatous changes in kidney, liver, lung and spleen.

Effusive/non-effusive

12c

1y6m

Resident

NA

Mar. 19, 2012

 

Jaundice, fibrinous peritonitis, granulomatous changes in thoracic and abdominal wall, kidney, liver, lung, spleen omentum, and eyes.

Effusive/non-effusive

13

1y7m

Resident

NA

Apr. 13, 2012

 

Jaundice, enlargement of liver and mesenteric lymph node, granulomatous changes in kidney and lung.

Non-effusive

  1. 1 Age of the cats when clinical signs of FIP appeared.
  2. 2 Not available.
  3. a, b, c: Siblings.