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Several human cases of avian flu (H5N1) have been reported around the U.S., and the virus has also proven to be fatal to felines. Dozens of cats have reportedly contracted the virus since the ...
Are Contracting Bird Flu: What Pet Parents Need to Know "The virus has an affinity for cats and they do not do well," she claimed. That's not to say that dogs or other mammals can't contract H5N1 ...
Are pets in danger of getting bird flu? Though cases of infection are rare, cats seem especially susceptible to the bird flu virus, or Type A H5N1. Even before the cattle outbreak, there were feline cases linked to wild birds or poultry. Since March, dozens of cats have caught the virus. These include barn and feral cats, indoor cats, and big ...
On Dec. 2, the Wild Felid Advocacy Center of Washington temporarily closed after its cats began experiencing an unknown illness. On Dec. 6, animal health officials confirmed the presence of bird ...
Avian influenza is a zoonotic agent.The most common way a cat can obtain H5N1 is by consuming an infected bird. This has been studied in the 2006 and 2007 cases in Germany and Austria, where the strains between the cat and the infected birds were not different between the species. [8]
Bird flu is back in the news once again for a distressing reason that has pet owners across the US on high alert. A virulent strain of the highly-pathogenic H5N1 avian flu has infected hundreds of ...
Twenty big cats - including a Bengal tiger and four cougars - have died of bird flu over the past several weeks at an animal sanctuary in the state of Washington. "This tragedy has deeply affected ...
Investigators found three cats dead in the facilities with positive avian flu cases. Experts confirm it is possible for cats to test positive for bird flu. Cats can get bird flu, experts say.