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Methods: Of the cats with FIP, we observed a total of 122 and 56 cases that achieved remission after the administration of Mutian and molnupiravir as routine treatments, respectively. Changes in clinical indicators suggested to be correlated with FIP remission (weight, hematocrit, and albumin-to-globulin ratio) before and after the administration of each drug and during follow-up observation were statistically compared for each FIP type. Results: In all three FIP types, the administration of either Mutian or molnupiravir resulted in statistically significant increases in these indicators. Furthermore, the effect of Mutian on improving the albumin-to-globulin ratio was not observed at all in wet FIP, as compared with that of molnupiravir, but statistically significant in mixed and dry (p &lt; 0.02 and p &lt; 0.003, respectively). The differences in albumin-to-globulin ratio were all due to those of circulating globulin levels. Conclusions: These results indicate that slight inflammatory responses might be elicited continuously by a residual virus that persisted through molnupiravir treatments.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/ani14091322","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2024,4,29]],"date-time":"2024-04-29T04:26:16Z","timestamp":1714364776000},"page":"1322","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":1,"title":["Effect of Nucleic Acid Analog Administration on Fluctuations in the Albumin-to-Globulin Ratio in Cats with Feline Infectious Peritonitis"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"14","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-2973-2988","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Masato","family":"Katayama","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Bloom Animal Hospital, Kajiyama 1-10-32, Tsurumi, Yokohama City 230-0072, Japan"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Yukina","family":"Uemura","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Bloom Animal Hospital, Kajiyama 1-10-32, Tsurumi, Yokohama City 230-0072, Japan"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Daichi","family":"Katori","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Katori Animal Hospital, Migawa-cho 2563-16, Mito City 310-0913, Japan"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2024,4,28]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"225","DOI":"10.1016\/j.jfms.2008.09.008","article-title":"A review of feline infectious peritonitis virus infection: 1963\u20132008","volume":"11","author":"Pedersen","year":"2009","journal-title":"J. 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