Mission statement:
I want to eradicate feline coronavirus (FCoV) and feline infectious peritonitis (FIP).
If you would like to support ending FIP, please donate to me and my research.
People often think that I am searching for a cure for feline infectious peritonitis (FIP), but the cure—GS-441524—was found by Prof. Pedersen in 2019. I am more interested in preventing cats from becoming sick with FIP in the first place. I want to eradicate feline coronavirus, to prevent cats from ever becoming ill with FIP. If you share this goal and would like to support me and my research, (which does NOT involve deliberately infecting laboratory cats) please enrol for one of the subscription programs below or make a donation. If you cannot afford a monetary donation, you can still support my work by sharing details of the website on social media.
How you can support my work without making a monetary donation
What my donations were / are used for
Research papers written about research paid for by Angelica Trust donors
Every so often, people ask how to make a donation to FIP research. If you would like to make a donation, you may do so using any of the following methods:
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Donations to fund Dr Addie directly can be made by Bitcoin, sending to the Bitcoin address: 1HDvzFkutTTtWGAy2DcDWtj1ghTfYFLwR9 Please email Dr Addie at draddie[at] catvirus [dot] com to let her know that you’ve made a Bitcoin subscription or donation, especially if your reason was so that she would examine your cat’s laboratory results or you want her to answer a veterinary query. (Remember in the latter two cases to include your veterinary surgeon’s permission for her to communicate with you.)
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To set up a regular bank transfer: email Dr Addie at draddie [at] catvirus [dot] com for bank details and please let her know which currency you’d prefer to pay in.
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Angelica was a natural mink Tonkinese cat dearly beloved of Mr. Wayne Carr, from the USA. When Angelica died, Mr. Carr made a generous donation to my research into feline coronavirus and feline infectious peritonitis (FIP).
When you donate, please indicate whether you would like your name to be added to the list of donors. Please tell me if your donation is in loving memory of a cat who was special to you, and whether or not you’d like his or her name mentioned in the list below (you might like to include your web site URL or a link to a tribute blog, YouTube video or Facebook page you may have done for your cat).
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Melisa Johnston-Pratt |
Pepper |
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Valerie Black |
Wee Willie Wallace |
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Val MacQueen |
Posie |
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Katja Jacob |
Kalian the Fair |
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Lars and Andrea Klores |
Piper |
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Renata Fernandes |
Trojan |
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Laura Frazier |
Magnum |
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Dorothy S. Dady |
Matteo |
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Daniella Thompson |
Minx |
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Laura Laff |
Andy |
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Mr and Mrs Sutphin |
Shelby |
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Rona Kennedy |
Bruno |
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Dan Doty |
Domino |
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Sue Startin |
Evander |
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Nada and Karim Makarem |
Zuki |
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Sue and Graeme Davison |
Martouf and Khepra |
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Jean and Fred Kahan |
Tommy Meadow (a human who loved cats and worked tirelessly to raise funds for FIP research) |
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Nicola Ridings |
Harvey |
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Alexander Hoffmeister |
Luzie |
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Rebecca Halstead |
Ajax |
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Mimi Hokenson |
Autumn Rose |
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Kent Jaffe and Patricia Johnson |
Maharet |
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Belinda Stratton |
Jumble |
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Eleanor Dinnetz |
Kitty |
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Barbara Boys |
Sasha |
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Jurgen Muress |
Molly |
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Andrew Smith |
Baby Aero |
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Rob and Sandra Parsons |
Sophie |
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Pamela Anderson |
Arwen |
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Bobbie and Ray Cell, Karen and Eric Michaels and Sheila Bornmeier |
Sterling |
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Lorraine Leatham |
Kooga |
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Mel, Linda Petersen, L.G. du Toit, Melissa Passe, Betty Schrader |
Barney |
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Angie Cims |
Gabriel |
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Julie Plant |
Mushroom |
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Deb Vitkova |
Imeye |
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Mr and Mrs Burgess |
DC |
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Valerie Bubb |
Queenie |
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Jose Adams |
Sylvester |
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Donald A. Brokate |
Pushky |
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| Johanna & Jeff Greeson | Georgie | |
| Julie Woodward & David Evans | Amos | |
| Valerie Fischer | Lily | |
| Claire Hirsch | Neo | |
| Joanne Bell | Bailey | |
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Michael Beazel |
Elijah Owen |
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| Susan Swain | Willie | |
| Natasha Crumpler | Daisy | |
| Nicole Gilman | Hobbes Marsden | |
| Alice Lindsay | Freddie | |
| Gary Prendergast | Elmo | |
| Elizabeth Quevedo | Fiona | |
| Wineke van Griensven | Pino | |
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Emily Wilmot |
Clifford the Big Red Cat |
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| Martha Mackenzie | Bruce | |
| Ronna Penner | Rags | |
| Brian Grieve | Kyia and Morillo | |
| Maureen Duffy (mum) | Bruce | |
| Lisa Duffy | Bruce | |
| Maureen Duffy (daughter) | Bruce | |
| Monica Butera | Bobo | |
| Elaine Cox | Smudge of Liverpool | |
| Karen Gray | Baby Blue Emi | |
| Carly Jo Ryan | Alice | |
| Marc Spunt | Dash | |
| Mitch Ward & Carla Sollai | Hugo | |
| Dave Dyer | Theo, only 5 months old | |
| Lindsay Riddick and Dr Richard Meadows | In loving memory of Gulliver | |
| Cassidy | Hobie | |
| Leo Mestel | Spike and Tiddles Jackson | |
| Tricia Yee | Pippa | |
| Dodds | Gizmo and Fred | |
| Alisha Rayson | Mitsi | |
| Isabel Galera | Sammy | |
| Elizabeth Henrickson | Spencer | |
| Elizabeth Peters | Tiger | |
| Kate Trend | Leah and Shadow | |
| Holly Ellmaker | In memory of our well loved kitten, Mary Jane | |
| LaRayne Haakenson | Shorty and Savannah | |
| Abbey Tidball | In memory of Billy Tidball, British Blue 9 months | |
| Patrick Crompton | In loving memory of Little Lilly - Loved & missed terribly by Patrick, Lisa, Billy & Tilly | |
| Rebecca Leach | Sydney | |
| Louellyn and Wilde Duncan | Xavier | |
| Lynn Watchel | Pip | |
| Jenny Graves | In loving memory of Felix | |
| Terri Smithson | Memorial to Izzy who died of FIP on 3-20-09 at 1-1/2 years. We miss you, baby boy! | |
| Janet Erwin | In memory of A O | |
| Deborah Cain | In memory of Josie and Jaxon Jo | |
| Fiona Read | In memory of Roxy Diamond | |
| Mitch Ward | In memory of Hugo 6 months and a year on | |
| Linda Reid | In memory of Chaos | |
Brigitte Dubois |
Chapo, chat norvégien né le 12 mai 2007, décédé le 18 mars 2008 à l'âge de 10 mois. Avec tous ceux qui t'ont aimé, je gardais l'espoir que tu guérisses. Toi et moi nous nous sommes battus contre cette maladie qui emporte les jeunes chats, sans pitié. Mais elle a finalement eu raison de ta vie. |
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| Diane Adams | In memory of dear little Loopy Lou, 03/09/07 - 09/04/09 | |
| Susan Balvanz | Gracie | |
| Kaltoum Boudouaia |
Pouet-Pouet | |
| Sue and Claude Bertozzo | Kahlua Blue | |
| Barbara Fruschi | Lennier | |
| Peggy Dettwiler & Jurgen Thym | Sullivan (our beautiful Siamese for 10 years) | |
| Kate Trend |
Leo... my beloved bengal.. a void that cannot be filled xx |
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| Justine and John Digweed | In memory of Bentley Digweed | |
| Jayne Houldsworth | Our iittle Princess Lily | |
| Jill Sharpe | Samuel | |
| Deborah Reddington | In memory of Bengal | |
| Mitch Ward | Still honoring Hugo's memory, December 2009 | |
| Natasha Crumpler | For FIP research in memory of Daisy whom I lost to FIP in 2006 | |
| Jill Vermeulen | In memory of Tio Vermeulen 11/05/05 to 01/04/10 | |
| Lisa Paciello | In memory of Lucy and Rocco | |
| Francesco Giovannoni | Donation to fip research in memory of Felix | |
| Megan Stevenson | In memoriam of Winny | |
| Zoe Croad and Colin Bass | In loving memory of Titus | |
| Tkahti | In memory of Patso, the Savannah kitten | |
| Margaret Field | In memory of Pumpkin | |
| Vicenta Rose | In memory of our beloved cat Ra. | |
| Nicola Cox | In loving memory of Ollie RIP 24/02/2010 I miss you so much | |
| Sue Dewhurst | In loving memory of sweet little Mitch | |
| Pamela Sparrow | In loving memory of Dakota who died of the wet form of fip and Pierce who died of the dry form of fip both aged 9months | |
| Len Troy | In memory of Sophia | |
| Terri Brooks | Donation for Tom from Mummy and Daddy. 'John and Terri. In memory of little Tom who was taken from us too soon, when he was only 21 months, we love an miss him and hope he is happy at Rainbow Bridge'. | |
| Nigel Davies | In memory of Tom Brooks | |
| Gabriella Bertoni | ||
| Finn Frode Hansen | In memory of my brave Ivanhoe, who lost this battle. | |
| Natasha Crumpler | August 2010 - still honoring Daisy's memory | |
| Natalie Edwards | In loving memory of Chief Chirpa Chipmunk Chutney | |
| Richard and Malinda Van Dorp | In memory of little Lucy | |
| Susan Slusser | Donation for FIP research in honor of Moon Brown | |
| Richard Shaw | In loving memory of Chief Chirpa Chipmunk Chutney and his little wiggle. We miss you. | |
| Rick French | In loving memory of Teddie and Pixie | |
| Lisa Williams | In memory of foster kittens: Bella, Yodi, and Sir Gwayne | |
| Debbie Castle | In loving memory of Ronnie | |
| Joyce Caldwell | For darling Mosby (July 2009 - 11 Nov 2010): forever in my heart | |
| Su Startin | Another donation in memory of Evander (Nov 2010) | |
| Eva Wennman | Vi inkluderas i listan av givare! Vi heter Djurkedjan. In memory of 3 Djurkedjan cats | |
| Lola Wärn Mohamad |
In loving memory of Gibson | |
| Alicia & Peter Rouse | In loving memory of Bella | |
| Heather Beauregard |
To Max, In Memory of Winnie | |
| Sue Dewhurst | A Christmas donation in memory of sweet little Mitch, who would have loved snow and all things sparkly | |
| Mitch Ward | In memory of Hugo, 2 years on. | |
| Frances Bailey | Woody 21st Dec 2010; Brushy 23rd Apr 2011; Tinky 19th Jul 2011; and Bella 22nd Sep 2011 | |
| Nilofar Zameni | In memory of Romeo my baby | |
| Laurie McLarty | In memory of Winnie | |
| Lauren Peone | In memory of Monster who died of FIP | |
| Elizabeth Dubreuil |
Sweet Woodruff the rescued Persian, who died of FIP, but lives on in our hearts.
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| Scott Schieber |
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| Jeremy and Gerri Kleinberg | In loving memory of dear Holden | |
| Clare Critten | In loving memory of my beautiful Tiah | |
| Sandra Fagg | ||
| Debbie Radley | Soully - In memory of my beautiful black velvet friend whom I lost to FIP in February 2011. I will never forget you my gorgeous boy. | |
| Mitch Ward | In memory of Hugo, still missed 2.5 years on | |
| Susan A. Cadile | In memory of Jordan - saved from a shelter only to be lost to FIP | |
| Erika Reinhart | ||
| Son Nguyen | In Loving Memory of Choco Ball | |
| Canan and Thomas Mühlberg | We have lost a little big Friend - her name was Lilly | |
| Rob and Sandra Parsons | Another donation in loving memory of Sophie | |
| Laura Yerrick | In memory of Chip, Ash, Brad, and Rafiki | |
| Gareth John Evans | In memory of my gorgeous boy, hope u can find a cure one day x | |
| Anthony Marotta | From Ping & Pong-A pair of multi-toed cats diagnosed with Corona Virus 5 years ago and doing well | |
| Gemma Thomson | ||
Heather Twidle, Jennifer Loggans, Julie Bristow, Andrea Hoeschen, Katherine Brennand, Kristen Heath, Laura Herrera, Cathy Pendergast, Ayla Khan, Stefani Osborne, Laurin Buchanan, Lucy Chapman, LeeAnn Healey (inspired by a lovely cat called Darcy), Carol Roth, Kelsey McCarey, Suzanne Marchak, Suzanne Rebert, Kirsty Powell, Daniela Rudloff, Gair Booth, Amanda Cotten, Rose-Marie Aronsson, Barbara Stephenson, Joanne Leighton, Janet Evans, Joyce Carpenter, Lynne Dudurich, Kristine Elliot, Loretta Sheerin Harrison (made possible by awesom Ravelers!)
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In August of 2011, catvirus.com was inundated with donations in memory of a cat called Darcy, much beloved by Heather Twidle .
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| Michelle Girvan | In loving memory of Olly born July 2010, died May 2011 | |
| Mrs P. Neale | In loving memory of Boris Neale (died 19 July 2011) age 15 months and Wesley Neale (died 10th Aug 2011) age 18 months. | |
| Dr Dimitrios Nikolopoulos | Socksy - who didn't have FIP after all - and lived to tell the tale! | |
| Caroline Gooch |
Elmyra Nala (29/11/10 - 18/03/11), Elmyra Simba (29/11/10 - 24/04/11) & Elmyra Mowgli (29/11/10 - 10/12/11) |
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| Sue Startin | ||
| Joanne Brown and Gary Dobbs | In loving memory of baby Coco | |
| Tatiana Malkova | ||
| Kayla Ryan | ||
| Andrew Kunde | In loving memory of Shadow, 6 months old and dearliy missed. You will never be forgotten. | |
| Cora's family | In loving memory of Cora. December 2011 | |
| Susan Slusser | ||
| Finn Frode Hansen | Memorial to Ivanhoe, who lost this battle a year ago. | |
| Sally Taylor | In memory of Honey Morris (Sarah & James Morris) | |
| Susan Lumley | In memory of Honey | |
| Nicole Sanford | ||
| Eleanor Gough | For my friends Sarah & James in memory of their cat Honey | |
| Helen Beale | ||
| Katherine Brennand | For Tiberius | |
| Jennifer Loggens | In honor of Tiberius | |
| Claire Dixon | In loving memory of Honey-puss | |
| Elizabeth Yoder | In memory of Nutmeg and Topper | |
| Sue Dewhurst (Dec 2010, Jan 2012 and Dec 2012) | For our sweet Mitch, with love. In memory of Mitch, Christmas 2011. Dec 12: Christmas donation for our sweet Mitch. |
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| Jean Sebastien Schuller and Agnes Montgomery | In loving memory of Sparrow | |
| Roberto Bona | ||
| Agnes Montgomery | ||
| Amandine Buisson | ||
| Mitch Ward | In memory of Hugo, Christmas 2011 | |
| Laura Lichtenberger | For Edgar | |
| Pilar Anton Castellanos | ||
| Thi Nguyen | For two much loved cats | |
| Katherine Brennand | For Heather's Salem | |
| Lamberto Cesari | ||
Ivone Lesan Marc Molina |
To see photos of Lia go to http://lia-aei.tumblr.com/ - but I warn you - they're heartbreaking! | |
Richard Hart |
Richard wrote: "To Help with the great research." |
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| Karin Niehoff |  In loving memory of Silvo |
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| Samantha Landis | ||
| Irene Gerritsen | ||
| Michal Ginter | In memory of Ctirad. We lost him to FIP on June 13, 2012. |
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| Linda Shergold | In loving memory of Dylan | |
| Dana and Laurentiu Paulet | In loving memory of Alex, our baby angel, with such little paws and cute, soft nose, who made us love him so much and left too soon, much too soon...We will always miss you! | |
| Zineera Seth | In loving memory of Lucy, 6 months |
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| Ingrid Chirino Barcelo | Misha Pelusi | |
| Julie Paisley | Donation in loving memory for Leo beloved companion of Zinoosh Farbod | |
| Susan Walkowiak | In memory of Baby who died of FIP |
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| Susan Gingrich | ||
| Karineric Simberlie Grande | Melanie | |
| Cassandra Hallberg | Donation to FIP resarch in honor of Tomten |
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| Ruairi Patterson | ||
| Star | In loving memory of Sasha | |
| Noé et Benjamin Schwarz | Lili  |
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| Sue and Eric | In memory of Stan | |
| Arseny Krasikov | ||
| Yvonne Cunningham | In loving memory of Bella | |
| Julia Miles |
In memory of beautiful Raf | |
| Ilenia Zilli |
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| Judith Crompton | In memory of Meggie and Emily |
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| Andrea Hoeschen | In loving memor of Magnus | |
| Heather Twidle | In fond memory of Magnus, much loved by Leslie, who was so kind when I lost Darcy. |
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| Jennifer Loggans | For Magnus | |
| Megan Hockwalt |
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| Anouk Ramseier | ||
| Michelle Girvan | ||
| Marta Alice Ollivier | For my beloved cat Puff |
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| Cassandra Hallberg | Still thinking of Tomten | |
| Takeda Kaori | Donation Kaori for kitten KAMUI |
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| Angela Stoel | ||
| Samuele Barbieri |
Tali |
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| David Carr | FIP Donation on behalf of Jason Fairless |
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| Serena Holly and Thomas Norman | ||
| Rob & Sandra Parsons | In loving memory of Sophie. In our lives all too briefly but always in our hearts. We miss you. |
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| SueAnn Berry donated twice | In loving memory of Hurley | |
| Nancy Welty | In memory of Hurley | |
| Mary Berry | In loving memory of SueAnn Berry's cat named Hurley |
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| Jennifer Simper | In memory of Siena |
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| Sue Dewhurst, Feb 2014 | In loving memory of sweet Mitch | |
| Laura Moss | For Oscar | |
| Kristina Morongova | ||
| Joseph Licata | ||
| Qinwen Fan | No FIP - just helping out | |
| Sheena McDermott | In memory of Poppins |
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| Adrian Luca | Donation in memory of our beloved Boris. We will always remember you |
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| Caroline MacDivitt | FIP research donation in memory of Keva Macdivitt |
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| Stilla Messer | ||
| Claire Campbell | ||
| Filiz CoÅŸku Saral | ||
| Kate Bevan | ||
| Suzanne Jones | For Phoebe and Storm |
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| John Miller | In loving memory of Sparky "Little" - John Miller & Ivonne Cintron http://imgur.com/GE4sgvF |
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| Lena Gubarev | For Sean, in hope he will be the next cured one |
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| Laura Stolfi | ||
| Rebecca Straughan | From Becky with kind help and donations from Kat, Jenni and Swanbridge Vets. In loving memory of Theodore and Barnaby xxx |
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| Chantelle Cooksey | ||
| Dawn Virginia Davies | ||
| Laura Border | ||
| Notts & Derbys Cat Club, Mary Uzupa |
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| Maria Bonino | A year on, missing Luca every day | |
| Dorothy Adair | Picasso 4/5/12 - 14/9/14 | |
| Monica Agatensi | Her 4 beautiful cats do not have FIP but she made a donation just the same! | |
| Lindy Mcchesney-Tilley | Thank you Lindy for running a marathon for FIP research in memory of your dear little RSPCA kitten! | |
| Jason Vogt | ||
| Flavia Vighini | In loving memory of my sweet Evita, born on April, 3rd and died on September, 29th. | |
| Lisa Phillips | In memory of Oscar | |
| Emma Bennett | ||
| Inez Thomson | In memory of Lufti, a one year old Egyptian Mau who died from FIP | |
| Anna Wholey |
In memory of Luca | |
| Barbara Boys | In memory of Sasha | |
| Deanna Parkin |
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| Elvina Smith | Dedicated to the memory of Misty-Blue who died of wet FIP in December 2014 & Ãnna who died of dry FIP in January 2015 | |
| Nancy Lo | ||
| Edward Meinert | In memory of Simba | |
| Kerry Bunyan | In loving memory of Madi | |
| Harley Gribben |
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| Nat Hemasilpin |
Si-Tao | |
Sandra Minuzzo |
Whisper, a beautiful British Blue, left me because of the FIP
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| Baptiste Julien | ||
| Harley Gribben | My cat is 1.5 years old and has coronavirus. I hope there will be a cure for FIP so no cat has to suffer | |
| Anonymous | Thank you SO much, you know who you are | |
| Arthur Sass | ||
| Cristina Mena Gómez |
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| David Ford | To honour the memory of Luca Bonino | |
| Padra McIntosh | FIP research donation in the name of Amun Morley | |
| Caroline MacDivitt |
In memory of Keva MacDivitt | |
| Maria Bonino | In memory of Luca. Started showing FIP clinical signs two years ago and transitioned 25 days later. | |
| Linda Peskin |
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| B van Herpen De Baak, Annet van den Oever |
In loving memory of Sjakie, sadly taken by FIP aged only 9 months | |
| Spyridon Terzakis | ||
| Faye Thomassen | Sadly we lost our dear kitten, Bella, to wet FIP | |
| Mirela Mlinarec | ||
| Gillian Tiltman | In memory of our beloved Freddie. We will always love you and will see you on that Rainbow Bridge my baby boy. | |
| Kenny Burgess | ||
| Maria Del Carmen San Jose | ||
| Rose Arjol-Condà | ||
| Stacy Wilder | For Rascal Velvet and Eli, a good kitty who passed in 2001. We still miss you many years later. | |
| Carina Gauggel | ||
| Nicki Sysum | In memory of Gilby. Much loved and sadly missed. | |
| Monica Agatensi | ||
| Anna Herve | ||
| C MacDivitt | In memory of Keva MacDivitt (died 30.5.13 aged 6 months) | |
| Hanne Cuyle | ||
| With love from Dora, Luis and Beca | In memory of our baby boy, Chico. | |
| Samira Boumsik | In memory of my friend Laura's cat, Leo | |
| Jim Powers | We lost 2 cats, a brother and sister, Willie and Tinkerbell. Willie died in 2009 and Tinkerbell August 2016. |
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| Maria Teresa Monleon Aymerich, Spain | Donation sent with Dr Kristofer Erickson | |
| C MacDivitt | Another donation in memory of Keva MacDivitt, lost to FIP aged 6 months | |
| Sandra Japs | Donation in memory of Sophie | |
| Sally Goodman | Donation for Nicola at Xmas | |
| Rebecca Azhir | In loving memory of Hero, my best friend and soulmate. Died from wet fip at 14 months. I will miss and love you forever. I hope xxx | |
| Wendy Massiah | In memory of our beloved Flump | |
| Liane Bott |
In loving Memory of Cid (age 10 months) and Lerian (age 8 months). Our time together was short but not less magical. |
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| Sophie Wallace | In memory of my beautiful Susan (age 6 months) | |
| Stacey Wilder | I would like memorialize Rascal Velvet Wilder-a sweet kitty we lost in 2008 and Eli, a good kitty, who passed in 2011 | |
| Zer0 | For Laura's cat Leo | |
| Jennifer Kwan | Jennifer - your message got cut off - please let me know who this is in loving memory of ..... | |
| Martina Kuntic | In memory of Axel, a beautiful, lovely, British Shorthair kitten | |
| Nicki Sysum | Another donation in Gilby's name: February 2017 | |
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From Rod and Hayley In loving memory of Quintus, our little trooper, who lost his fight aged 11 months. |
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| Joseph Lobsinger and Andrea Gorgas | In loving memory of Storm, our beloved Siberian Forest Cat who c | |
Mrs Heloise Karpetas In loving memory of Boogenhagen |
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| Susan Gingrich | In loving memory of Bria | |
Vivienne Pyatt In memory of George (GP), lost at 15 months. If love could save you, we would have you still. |
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| Sophie Wallace (2nd donation) | In memory of beautiful little Susan (died at only 6 months) | |
| Pets' Kitchen Ltd | Donation from Vet's Klinic | |
| Estelle Katsimani | In loving memory of Jasmine, our gorgeous Silver Bengal who we left us at just 12 months due to wet FIP. Nothing loved is ever | |
| Melanie Lakey | This donation is in honor of my Lego kitty, who died of FIP in October 2017. | |
| Maria Bonino | Honoring Luca every month and especially October 2017: 4 years on | |
| Laura and Nora Wolfenson | In loving memory of Cristor  |
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| Nicki Sysum | In memory of Gilby. 2 years on x | |
| Tonya Burdine | In memory of Amberlina (Amber) | |
| Aleah Goss | Rest in Paradise, my sweet angel. I love you forever, Vader. | |
| Andrea Gorgas and Joe | In loving memory of Storm, our beloved kitten who left us far too soon, but lives on in our memories every single day. | |
| Marja Molenmaker | ||
| Helen-Louise Karpetas | In continuing memory of Boogenhagen | |
| Laura Wolfenson | In loving memory of Cristor | |
| Bianca Lara Saviane | ||
| Shannon Purrington | In loving memory of Gus, who was lost to FIP | |
| Virginia Remeika | Donation in memory of Alice | |
| Adam Hill | In memory of Nemo and Dory. Two precious kittens, robbed of life in their youth by FIP. Very much loved and missed. | |
| Barbara Hill | ||
| Melanie Dobromylskyj | ||
| Andrea Chamberlain | Donation in memory of Willow who died today 31/05/18 | |
| Gillian Fenwick | ||
| john helliwell | In loving memory of Rainbow | |
| Марина Вяткина | ||
| Anne Thomason | For South Africa kitties/Aurora L | |
| Louise Denton | In Memory Of Mabel Denton | |
| christine stalker | Donation for FIP research in memory of Mabel | |
| Carole A Webb | In loving memory of Jimmy | |
| Doug Lawther | For Indie 7 yrs to little hope it helps | |
| Maria Bonino | ||
| Peter Finch | In loving memory of Collingwood and Bernie. | |
| Roberto Regoli | ||
| Douglas Stewart | For Indie and future research | |
| Patrice Gruszkowski | In loving memory of Clarisse, Nestor and Tinou, who died of dry FIP during summer 2018. A la mémoire de Clarisse, Nestor et Tinou, décédés de la forme sèche de la PIF l'été 2018. |
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| Aurora Lambrecht | Donated in honour of Cujo Foce, for a beautiful life taken far too early; my reason for smiling. | |
| zengliyao | R.I.P. my cat | |
| Madeleine Anderson | Ongoing Hope to Help Kittens all over the World. | |
| Marie-France Huyghe | Donations to FIP Research | |
| Andrea Gorgas | In memory of our little Storm. Your younger brothers get to be loved by us each and every day because of the awareness your illmess | |
| Anisa Pahnichapat | In loving memory of Emma | |
| Nicki Sysum | Donation in Gilbys name. | |
| Александр Будков | In memory of the Kisa who we loved very much. From Marianne and Alexander. | |
| Jennifer Marsh | In loving memory of Dibbler. | |
| Patti Brashears | In memory of our precious Cinder (5/1/19 - 9/10/19) who was taken so young and left such a hole in our hearts. | |
| Olivia Jehel | ||
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Mattia Frattini and Valentina Brun In loving memory of our little princess Buffy. |
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Chiara Suffritti In loving memory of Max |
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| Klare Iveson | Donation in memory of our lovely Alfie (Moon) and Minnie | |
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Xispas, et trobem molt a faltar. El buit que ens has deixat es molt gran, pero tambe ho es l alegria que hem compartit i l'agraiment profund que sentim cap a tu. Eras una hojilla de tardor, gracias por todo, petit. T'estimem, Amanda i Jouse Sparks, we miss you so much. The emptiness you have left us is very great, but so is the joy we have shared and the deep gratitude we feel for you. You were an autumn leaf, thank you for everything, petit. We love you, Amanda and Jouse |
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| Lynn Rollins | Alana and Bluebear | |
| Mariko Parslow: In loving memory of Starlet, and praying that FCoV / FIP may soon be overcome by advancement of veterinary science! |  |
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Claire K - In loving memory of Meg Mog, sorely missed. | |
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Funding for FCoV/FIP research is very difficult to find and I am immensely grateful to those generous individuals who gave what they could for research.
I refuse to experiment on cats, so all my FIP research is done on naturally infected cats: I am immensely grateful to the cats themselves, to their generous guardians who have permitted samples to be sent to our laboratory, and to their veterinary surgeons for taking the time and trouble to prepare and mail samples.
What have I done with your donations and grants?
For over three decades I’ve studied feline infectious peritonitis (FIP) and I have been distressed to hear that some cats go through torture in the attempt to reach a diagnosis. How about westop the cat getting infected with coronavirus in the first place?
In 2019 I found the Holy Grail of what I'd been searching for - a pill which would stop FCoV shedding, it was called Mutian X and later it was discovered that it contains GS-441524 which is an antiviral drug specific for coronavirus. To be accurate, cat breeder Sheryl Curran was the one who made the discovery, and she and I worked together to determine the best protocol for stopping non-FIP cats shedding virus in their faeces. (Addie et al, 2020) Many donations were used to test cat faeces for the presence or absence of coronavirus. At time of writing, over 30 households and over 141 cats are now FCoV-free: I'm aiming for one million! :-)
A question remained: would stopping FCoV shedding prevent FIP? Thanks to your donations we were able to establish that indeed early treatment of feline coronavirus infection does prevent FIP and we published those results in 2023. (Addie et al, 2023) Some of the cat guardians who eliminated FCoV from their households reported that cats who had had diarrhoea for years recovered once they stopped shedding FCoV. I am currently fortunate enough to be collaborating with the famous cat veterinarian Dr Gary Norsworthy, and he and his colleagues looked in their enormous database to find out how many cats which are presented to his specialist practice for chronic gastrointestinal disease are shedding FCoV in their faeces: the answer is 65%. (Norsworthy et al, 2025) The next question of course is in what proportion of those cats is FCoV the cause of their clinical signs?
.FIP Cure - a cure for FIP was discovered by Prof. Niels Pedersen (see the FIP Treatment page for more details). Currently people are able to purchase various preparations online: my favourite of these is Mutian pills (not injection) and we reported the cure of a cat called Skywise in a case report and this year (2022) we published how to differentiate cats in remission from cured cats. In the UK and Australia, a fully legal version of Mutian pills became available made by Bova Specials Ltd. I will be investigating the best protocol for Bova GS-441524 pills, and ensuring that it is safe and without side effects. I am also working on developing a more affordable FIP treatment protocol.
We demonstrated that quarantine and FCoV antibody testing can prevent FCoV being introduced into a group of cats (Addie et al, 2012). The next step was to find out which FCoV antibody tests were adequately sensitive to enable effective screening: see my paper Addie et al, 2015.
Cat litter to reduce FCoV infection: the litter tray is the source of FCoV infection and breaking the cycle of infection and re-infection in multicat households would prevent FIP. Funding from this website enabled a comparison of cat litters for anti-coronavirus activity, I found that commercially available cat litters had widely differing abilities to neutralise coronavirus in the laboratory: but would they make any difference in the field? We assessed the activity of various cat litters against feline coronavirus in two households of naturally infected cats and found that Dr Elsey Cat Attract statistically significantly reduced FCoV transmission. The paper was published online by JFMS in 2020.
Carrier cats: the main source of FCoV is healthy cats shedding virus and some cats become lifelong shedders of virus. We have just discovered a way to stop cats shedding the virus, and acting as a source of infection for other cats, some of whom will then go on to develop FIP. However, one concern is that we are using the same powerful drug as is used to treat FIP, therefore we are presently researching an alternative protocol for stopping FCoV shedding and preventing FIP.
FCoV resistant cats: the Orion Foundation funded preliminary work looking at the genes which govern immunity in the cat, this pilot study was published in the April edition of JFMS 2004. On this occasion, no marker was found, though interesting differences in the numbers of these genes was found in different cat breeds.
Donations for FIP research will be / were used for the following:
To develop an affordable FIP treatment protocol for those people who cannot afford GS-441524 or remdesivir.
To investigate the role of feline coronavirus in inflammatory bowel disease / chronic enteropathy.
To follow naturally infected
cats and, with the help of their humans, eliminate this virus from
the cats. This involves taking samples of faeces, and
occasionally blood.
Catvirus.com donations are being used to pay publication fees to allow my scientific papers to be open access.
Your donations enable me to continue producing educational material to aid the eradication of FCoV, and therefore FIP, for example for employing cartoonists. Recently I bought a Lightworks video editing software.
In the past, donations were used to buy the chemicals needed
to do the experiments to discover more about natural feline coronavirus
infection and FIP.
Equipment - donations from the Angelica Trust have enabled the purchase of a PCR machine, microscope (thank you Loretta!) and -80oC freezer (thank you Steve and others!)
In the past, donations funded performance of post mortems on naturally
infected cats who partook in surveys or treatment trials, and
then cremation and return of the ashes to the people
who loved those cats.
We assessed available FCoV antibody tests so that the best could be identified for use in eradicating FCoV, and therefore FIP and to discourage the use of poor FCoV antibody tests. The results of this study were published in JFMS in 2015 and can be found on the FCoV antibody page of this website.
To pay for FCoV RT-qPCR testing of faeces of naturally infected cats: this is part of a preliminary study to try to find a more affordable antiviral than GS-441524.
Please
note my research involves only naturally infected cats, not experimental
cats or experiments on any other kind of animals.
Research papers published so far on research which was funded completely or in part by donors to this website:
1. Addie DD, McDonald M, Audhuy S, Burr P, Hollins J, Kovacic R, Lutz H, Luxton Z, Mazar S, Meli M. 2012 Quarantine protects Falkland Islands (Malvinas) Cats from Feline Coronavirus Infection. JFMS 14 2 171-176
3. Addie DD, le Poder S, Burr P, Decaro N, Graham E, Hofmann-Lehmann R, Jarrett O, McDonald M, Meli ML. 2015 The utility of feline coronavirus antibody tests J Feline Med Surg 17(2):152-62.
The following links will take you to the websites where the papers are open access and free to download, they will open in a new tab:
5. Addie D, Houe L, Maitland K, Passantino G, Decaro N. 2020 Effect of cat litters on feline coronavirus infection of cell culture and cats. J Feline Med Surg. 22(4):350-357
6. Addie DD. Curran S, Bellini F, Crowe B, Sheehan E, Ukrainchuk L, Decaro N. 2020. Oral Mutian® X stopped faecal feline coronavirus shedding by naturally infected cats. Res. Vet. Sci. 130:222-229.. doi: 10.1016/j.rvsc.2020.02.012.
7. Addie DD, Covell-Ritchie J, Jarrett O, Fosbery M. 2020. Rapid Resolution of Non-Effusive Feline Infectious Peritonitis Uveitis with an Oral Adenosine Nucleoside Analogue and Feline Interferon Omega Viruses 12, 1216; doi:10.3390/v12111216
8. Addie, D.D.; Silveira, C.; Aston, C.; Brauckmann, P.; Covell-Ritchie, J.; Felstead, C.; Fosbery, M.; Gibbins, C.; Macaulay, K.; McMurrough, J.; Pattison, E.; Robertson, E. Alpha-1 Acid Glycoprotein Reduction Differentiated Recovery from Remission in a Small Cohort of Cats Treated for Feline Infectious Peritonitis. Viruses 2022, 14, 744. https://doi.org/10.3390/v14040744
9. Addie DD, Bellini F, Covell-Ritchie J, Crowe B, Curran S, Fosbery M, Hills S, Johnson E, Johnson C, Lloyd S, Jarrett O. Stopping Feline Coronavirus Shedding Prevented Feline Infectious Peritonitis. Viruses. Viruses 2023, 15, 818. https://doi.org/10.3390/v15040818
A big thank you to those who have contributed to FIP research!
I would like to dedicate this website with gratitude to the many people and cats who volunteered to be part of my research surveys. I thank the many grant awarding bodies (see below) and individuals for funding my research in the past and Su Startin and Loretta Bartolucci who, having already enabled the purchase of a splendid microscope, are currently raising much-needed funds for another freezer! Big thanks for recent superb donation to everybody on the Cat-lendar team: Ilaria Isaia for having the ingenious idea; Lorena Migliaccio who did the graphics; Cristina Cattania for taking care of the orders and to Barbara Fruschi who promoted the sales. And another huge thank you goes to Bengals Illustrated for a whopping donation summer 2009.
Thank you to the Devon Rex Breed Club of America for a big donation in April 2006 and the Siamese and Oriental Online Club for raising money in June 2006! Thank you Susanne, for your fundraising website, FIP Support, and the fantastic donations you made in 2005 and 2006!
I am grateful to the Wellcome Trust, Cats Protection, the Robert Daubney Fund of the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons, the Clinical Studies Trust Fund, the Feline Virus Unit for funding my PhD and previous studies of naturally-occurring feline coronavirus infection and FIP. I thank the Morris Animal Foundation for funding a project to attempt to identify unique markers of coronavirus infected cells. I am especially grateful to Pfizer for a generous donation of $25,000 which enabled me to take on an assistant part-time for one year (2004). I am grateful to the Winn Foundation for a grant which allowed 5 months of research into carrier cats in 2003. I am also extremely grateful to the Orion Foundation for moral support (thank you Mel Amundson and Pat Klein), and for a huge donation of almost $13,000 in 2003! Thank you Orion! Many thanks also to individuals and the Scottish, Northern Counties and Yorkshire Cat Clubs who made donations in 2005 and 2003. Thank you to all donors for your generosity. Thank you to Lorraine Twyman and the Norsk Skogkattring for setting up an internet auction (see the lovely certificate they sent). Thank you Dorothy, for your wonderful contribution of getting people to sponsor you during Lent. And last but not least - thank you to the anonymous donors - you know who you are - who have been so very generous.
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These are the activities of Dr Addie that you will be supporting by becoming a catvirus.com subscriber:
- Scientific research to forward her FCoV/FIP eradication dream and the development of an affordable FIP treatment protocol for cats who are not insured
- Paying publication fees so that her scientific papers can be open access
- Paying for FCoV RT-PCR tests in research projects
- Providing materials to educate veterinarians
- Providing materials to educate the public
- Updating the website and keeping it and the video channels advertisement free
- Making new educational videos for veterinary surgeons and cat lovers (YouTube; Bitchute)
- Answering queries from veterinary surgeons
- Answering queries from cat guardians
How you can support my work without making a monetary donation
True democracy is at work on certain websites, where becoming a follower of my channel or upvoting my videos can help further my goal to eradicate feline coronavirus, and end FIP:
Bitchute:
my channel is
www.bitchute.com/channel/ZEk9qdH9iDzm/
YouTube: my channel is DrDianeDAddie
: www.youtube.com/channel/UClmquoZdPmixu0VegKN1mzQDuring the COVID plandemic, YouTube was guilty of censoring anything that mentioned coronavirus or any treatment they - with zero medical training - deemed "controversial." Therefore some of my work is on other websites than YouTube.
Rumble:
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Diane D. Addie
5 March 2025
