COS 122: Is There Really a Black Market Cure for FIP?

Is there really an effective treatment for FIP that’s illegal for veterinarians in the US to recommend, prescribe or even discuss? Is there a Facebook group saving the lives of FIP cats in a way that veterinary professionals aren’t able to? In this episode, Dr. Andy Roark sits down with Dr. Julie Levy to discuss the facts and fiction around GS-441. LINKS A Much-Hyped COVID-19 Drug Is Almost Identical to a Black-Market Cat Cure - https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2020/05/remdesivir-cats/611341/ Maddie’s Shelter Medicine Program at the University of Florida: https://sheltermedicine.vetmed.ufl.edu/ Every Cat Foundation: https://everycat.org/ FIP Warriors Veterinarian FB Group: ​​https://www.facebook.com/groups/2422765211310743 UNCHARTED APRIL CONFERENCE: https://unchartedvet.com/uncharted-april-2022/ March 9 Strategic Planning #4 https://unchartedvet.com/planning4 March 13 Client Curation with Saye Clement: https://unchartedvet.com/client Charming the Angry Client On-Demand Staff Training: https://drandyroark.com/on-demand-staff-training/ What’s on my Scrubs?! Card Game: https://drandyroark.com/training-tools/ Dr. Andy Roark Swag: drandyroark.com/shop All Links: linktr.ee/DrAndyRoark ABOUT OUR GUEST: Dr. Julie Levy is the Fran Marino Distinguished Professor of Shelter Medicine Education at the University of Florida, where she focuses on the health and welfare of animals in shelters, feline infectious diseases, and humane alternatives for cat population control. She founded Operation Catnip, a nonprofit university-based community cat trap-neuter-return program that has spayed, neutered, and vaccinated more than 70,000 cats in Gainesville since 1998. In 2008, she joined Dr. Cynda Crawford to found Maddie’s Shelter Medicine Program at the College of Veterinary Medicine, an educational and discovery initiative with a global impact on the care of homeless animals. In 2014, she joined Dr. Kate Hurley to launch the Million Cat Challenge, a shelter-based campaign that saved more than 3.5 million cats in shelters across North America. In 2022, she helped launch Maddie’s Million Pet Challenge to create transformative “communities of practice” that deliver access to care through humane, community-centric programming—inside and outside of the shelter—to achieve the right outcome for every pet.