This fatal disease is difficult to diagnose and impossible to treat. We explain why.

By Karen Lee Stevens

At first, I thought he was just gaining weight,” recalls Steve Dale, as he speaks about Ringo, his Devon rex kitten. Dale, a nationally syndicated pet columnist and radio talk show host based in Chicago, tackles important issues like feline disease on a regular basis. Still, he was unprepared for the devastating news from his veterinarian three years ago that his beloved Ringo had contracted feline infectious peritonitis (FIP).

“FIP never occurred to me,” says Dale. “It didn’t take long for me to realize that something was really wrong with Ringo. I was just leaving for a veterinary conference, so I asked my wife to take Ringo to the veterinarian’s…

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