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Feline Infectious Peritonitis (FIP) is a viral disease caused by a specific strain of coronavirus that affects only cats. The infection of cats and development of the virus progressively leads to the death of the animal.
After investigation of the issue by the Veterinary Services with the Pancyprian Veterinary Association, it appears that, for the current year, compared to 2022, there is a significant increase in the frequency of cases of infectious peritonitis virus infection in cats.
To manage this issue more effectively, the Veterinary Medicines Council as the competent authority has approved the use of human pharmaceutical preparations for coronavirus in cases of Feline Infectious Peritonitis. Subsequently, the Council of Ministers decided, following a proposal submitted by the Ministry of Agriculture, Rural Development and Environment, that stocks of antiviral preparations used by the Ministry of Health should be made available for the treatment of cases of Feline Infectious Peritonitis.
The packages of the preparation will be delivered to the Veterinary Services by the Ministry of Health and will be made available by the local Provincial Veterinary Offices on the basis of appointments that citizens will arrange, in advance, by calling the local telephone numbers of the Provincial Veterinary Offices listed below:
Famagusta District Veterinary Office 24 824555
Larnaca District Veterinary Office 24 821275
Nicosia District Veterinary Office 22805241
Nicosia District Veterinary Office Limassol District Veterinary Office 25 819512
Paphos District Veterinary Office 26 821261
The receipt of the preparations will be for the benefit of the guardian/caretaker of the animal, on the basis of a prescription issued by the private veterinarian attending the animal and subsequently the quantity of the preparation will be obtained by the guardian/caretaker of the animal from the local District Veterinary Offices of the Veterinary Services.
The veterinary prescription should indicate both the details of the guardian/caretaker of the animal and the details of the animal, accompanied by:
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b. the results of laboratory tests confirming that the cat has infectious peritonitis
b. the relevant medical opinion of the private veterinarian
c. a solemn declaration by the guardian/carer of the animal confirming, with all the consequences of the law on false declaration, that the animal presented to the private veterinarian and for which the relevant veterinary prescription for the supply of a number of tablets of a therapeutic preparation has been issued is under his guardianship and further care and is the one for which the tablets will be used exclusively to cure infectious feline peritonitis.
The preparations will be made available to the animal's guardian/carer, after payment by the animal's guardian/carer of €100 per pack of 40 tablets and/or €2.50 per tablet, depending on the number of tablets required in accordance with the veterinary prescription.
In this context, guardians/carers of sick animals are invited to act in accordance with the above procedure in order to be served more efficiently by the staff of the Veterinary Services.
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