Researchers at Wichita State University, Kansas State University and the University of California, Davis, recently reported they successfully blocked progression of feline infectious peritonitis, a viral infection of cats that is nearly 100 percent fatal. The study was funded in part with a grant from Morris Animal Foundation. Yunjeong Kim and Kyeong-Ok Chang at KSU and William Groutas at WSU have been developing compounds that have broad anti-viral activity. They recently demonstrated, in collaboration with Niels Pedersen at UC Davis, that one of their research compounds stopped progression of disease and led to clinical recovery when given to cats with FIP. Go to http://www.wichita.edu/j/?4983 for more information.
