New antiviral treatment rescues kitten from deadly feline illness
November 13, 2024
November 13, 2024
BLACKSBURG, Virginia, Nov. 13 -- Virginia Tech issued the following news:
At the Virginia-Maryland College of Veterinary Medicine, veterinarians are using a drug related to the antiviral remdesivir to cure feline infectious peritonitis (FIP), a disease that until recently meant certain death.
For Lanala, a 6-month-old kitten who became the hospital's first patient on the treatment, it's meant a second chance at life.
A race against time
&quo . . .
At the Virginia-Maryland College of Veterinary Medicine, veterinarians are using a drug related to the antiviral remdesivir to cure feline infectious peritonitis (FIP), a disease that until recently meant certain death.
For Lanala, a 6-month-old kitten who became the hospital's first patient on the treatment, it's meant a second chance at life.
A race against time
&quo . . .