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Do NOT give lysine to a cat with feline infectious peritonitis (FIP)
L-LYSINE SUPPLEMENTS SHOULD NOT BE GIVEN TO CATS, because L-lysine is antagonistic to L-arginine which is an essential amino acid for cats, meaning that they have to get L-arginine in their food: cats rapidly sicken without it. L-arginine is found in meat: cats are obligate carnivores. This video explains why dietary L-arginine is essential for the urea cycle to work in the cat (whereas humans can be vegans and our urea cycles still function). L-arginine is also essential for macrophage function.
Three key enzymes compete for available L-arginine: arginase-1 in the urea cycle, inducible nitric oxide synthase in M1 macrophages and arginase-2 in M2 macrophages. When L-arginine is in short supply it will preferentially go to the urea cycle rather than the immune system. Macrophages are key cells for immune function and are the target cell in feline infectious peritonitis (FIP) development.
Are cats with low plasma arginine more likely to develop FIP? I don’t know, but I suspect the answer will be yes. I do know that lowering their plasma arginine by using L-lysine will sabotage their ability to recover, and I suspect that using L-lysine in feline coronavirus (FCoV) infected cats will make them more likely to develop FIP.
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LINKS:
For further information on feline CoV and FIP treatment, please visit www.catvirus.com.
Video on the feline urea cycle and arginine being an essential amino acid in the cat: https://www.bitchute.com/video/U8UksBkxUqFK/
Odysee: https://odysee.com/@Catvirus
YouTube channel: www.youtube.com/user/DrDianeDAddie
Bitchute: www.bitchute.com/channel/ZEk9qdH9iDzm/
Rumble: https://rumble.com/v13riqd-why-did-gs-441524-not-cure-this-cat.html
Twitter: Dr Diane D Addie @FIPvet
Bastyon: https://pocketnet.app/catvirus?msocialshare=true&ref=PXAY6Ttdx4uZrpyGuyDRktDzm47YZz8jTg
KEY REFERENCES:
Bol S, Bunnik EM. Lysine supplementation is not effective for the prevention or treatment of feline herpesvirus 1 infection in cats: a systematic review. BMC Vet Res. 2015;11:284. doi: 10.1186/s12917-015-0594-3.
Dewerchin HL, Cornelissen E, Nauwynck HJ. 2005. Replication of feline coronaviruses in peripheral blood monocytes. Arch Virol. 150(12):2483-500.
Maggs et al. 2007. Effects of dietary lysine supplementation in cats with enzootic upper respiratory disease. J Feline Med Surg. 9(2):97-108.
Morris JG, Rogers QR. Ammonia intoxication in the near-adult cat as a result of a dietary deficiency of arginine. Science. 1978;199(4327):431–2.
Navarro et al. 2015. Arginase 2 deficiency results in spontaneous steatohepatitis: a novel link between innate immune activation and hepatic de novo lipogenesis. J Hepatol. 62(2):412-20.
Rath et al. Metabolism via Arginase or Nitric Oxide Synthase: Two Competing Arginine Pathways in Macrophages. Front Immunol. 2014;5:532.
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