🌏🐈⬛🌎🐈🌍🐈⬛ Our post today provides information about FIP in Cyprus. 📧 We are sharing this information as we have received several messages asking questions about it. 🐈🐈⬛ We are aware many people rescue cats from abroad eg Cyprus and bring the cats to the UK. This information is therefore relevant to UK owners. 📲💻 Some helpful research links and the most recent Vet webinar are also listed below: https://youtu.be/7M0BHFI_1Hs?si=vqd5zjX8EyZhGCv- https://icatcare.org/fip-outbreak-cyprus/#:~:text=Generally%2C%20FIP%20is%20reported%20at,is%20present%20on%20the%20island https://www.research.ed.ac.uk/en/publications/fcov-23-causing-fip-in-a-cat-imported-to-the-uk-from-cyprus https://www.fecava.org/news-and-events/news/feline-infectious-peritonitis-fip-treatment-allowed-in-cyprus/ https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2023.11.08.566182v2.full https://www.science.org/content/article/new-feline-coronavirus-blamed-thousands-cat-deaths-cyprus
‼️‼️‼️‼️ In light of the numerous complaints we have received about a new social media group with its page admin masquerading as an 'FIP expert' 🙄 (all whilst communicating incorrect information about certain medications and causing mass confusion in desperate owners 🆘️😿) we explain here the apparent motives behind many of these closed social media groups - there are lots of them! ➡️ This recent research supports the content of our post today. Please refer to the tables of data showing specific information about illegal, black market brands. 📲💻https://avmajournals.avma.org/view/journals/javma/aop/javma.23.08.0466/javma.23.08.0466.xml ‼️‼️‼️ The authors state some very important points: 🐈⬛ "The lack of any regulation of these products and proper safety protocols highlights serious concerns for animal welfare." 😿 🐈 "Still, the finding of remdesivir in some products highlights uncertainty surrounding the quality and purity of unlicensed GS-441524 from overseas producers." 😿 🐾 "Due to the unlicensed nature of this industry, packages misrepresenting the contents and intended use of these GS-441524 products are common. Products are shipped in boxes labeled as facial masks, serums, or cat nutrients, possibly to curb suspicion during shipment." 😾😾😾😾 🙀 "The amount of GS-441524 in the oral formulations varied more widely above and below the expected content with a high degree of variability between replicate samples." 🙀 😿 "The risk of relapse or development of drug resistance due to insufficient drug dosing is of concern with any unlicensed formulation, and owners should be vigilant for signs of decline while switching to oral forms of GS-441524." 😿 👀 "It is important for owners, veterinarians, and researchers alike to be aware of the highly unconventional methods used to label the oral formulations of GS-441524, as described here." 😾 "We speculate that the producers often include excess drug in their injectable products intentionally to gain a competitive advantage in this market (ie, potentially making their product appear more effective than others), and/or to compensate for poor purity, poor stability, or lot-to-lot variability." 😿 🐈😻🐈⬛😻🐈😻🐈⬛ * FIP Cats UK emphasises the fact that not having a constant and accurate dosage for the entire treatment can be lethal or lead to drug resistance and relapses*** 😻😻 There is legal medication easily accessible from Vets in the UK. 😻😻
