disease has primary infectious agent in taxon cat disease feline infectious peritonitis MONDO:0025491 peritonitis, infectious, feline infectious peritonitis, feline peritonitis, feline infectious infectious peritonitides, feline feline infectious peritonitides Common coronavirus infection of cats caused by the feline infectious peritonitis virus (coronavirus, feline). The disease is characterized by a long incubation period, fever, depression, loss of appetite, wasting, and progressive abdominal enlargement. Infection of cells of the monocyte-macrophage lineage appears to be essential in FIP pathogenesis. FIP MESH:D016766 infectious disease, non-human animal viral infectious disease, non-human animal Feline infectious peritonitis virus Felidae