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FIPV in cats is a respiratory form of coronavirus. How many cats are carriers of Chlymidia also? I have heard that Chlymidia is a natural inhabitant of cats in the eyes and does not cause any respiratory symptoms and have heard arguments otherwise by Feline practitioners. I am concerned that if SARS is close in clinical signs and is as persistant as FIPV then we are in for a long painful course of the epidemiology of this disease. When this virus emerged it was first suspected as a Paramyxoviradae, then Corona, then Corona associated with Chlymidia (like the T-2 phage and the Corynebacterium association). It looks like there is a lot to be learned about this SARS.