Around 300,000 cats may have died in Cyprus since January in a feline coronavirus outbreak. Photo: Aline Manoukian
Vets in Cyprus have welcomed a government decision to allow its stock of human coronavirus medication to be used on cats to fight a local mutation of a feline virus that has killed thousands of animals on the Mediterranean island but can’t be transmitted to people.
The island’s veterinary association said it had petitioned the government for access to the medication at “reasonable prices” from the beginning of this year, when the mutation that causes lethal Feline Infectious Peritonitis (FIP) began to noticeably crop up in the island’s cat population.
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Publish date : 2023-08-09 03:00:00
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