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FCV also causes outbreaks of virulent systemic disease (VSD), mainly in adults, with multiple organ involvement. In this study, an FCV-VSD infection was described in a less-one-month-old Maine Coon kitten originating from a cattery where an outbreak of FCV-URTD had previously been reported. After spontaneous death, post-mortem examination as well as histopathological, immunohistochemical, bacteriological and virological investigations were carried out. Pathological findings were consistent with severe pneumonia and cutaneous oedema of the footpads. No concomitant bacterial infection was detected. FCV RNA was detected in several organs and the highest amount of viral RNA was observed in the lung sample, in which the presence of the FCV antigen was confirmed by immunohistochemistry. With the same immunohistochemical technique, the IBA-1 antibody detected sparse alveolar macrophages, the main viral target cell and pulmonary replication site. The nucleotide sequences of the viral ORF2 gene amplified from all positive tissues were identical with each other and phylogeny confirms that highly virulent FCV strains are not distinguishable from FCV-URTD phenotypes. 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