On this episode of the dvm360 Vet Blast podcast, Dr. Kelly Chappell, board-certified small animal internal medicine specialist at Thrive Pet Healthcare Specialists North Scottsdale in Arizona, talks with Dr. Adam Coronado about the current state of treating FIP in veterinary medicine. They also dive into the struggles of definitively diagnosing this disease in clinical practice, as well as available treatments and alternatives.
"Fever is really common in cats with FIP, [occurring in] about 70% of cats with FIP. In a 2017 study that looked at cats with fevers, FIP was the most common condition diagnosed in cats referred for fever. So whenever I see a young cat with a fever, it always picks [up] my little FIP flags."
About Kelly Chappell, DVM, DACVIM (Small Animal)
Dr. Chappell is a board-certified small animal internal medicine specialist at
Thrive Pet Healthcare Specialists North Scottsdale in Arizona. She earned her Doctor of Veterinary Medicine degree from Midwestern University in 2019, followed by a rotating internship at The Animal Medical Center in New York City. She then completed a three-year residency in small animal internal medicine at Iowa State University in 2023 and became a diplomate of the American College of Veterinary Internal Medicine in 2024.
