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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 ...
Bird flu has been on the rise in Washington state and one sanctuary was hit hard: 20 big cats – more than half of the facility’s population – died over the course of weeks.
Twenty big cats have died after contracting bird flu at a Washington State animal sanctuary. The Wild Felid Advocacy Center of Washington in the city of Shelton announced the deaths on December 20.
Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 (A/H5N1) is a subtype of the influenza A virus, which causes the disease avian influenza (often referred to as "bird flu"). It is enzootic (maintained in the population) in many bird populations, and also panzootic (affecting animals of many species over a wide area). [1]
The Wild Felid Advocacy Center of Washington announced it is under quarantine amid a devastating bird flu outbreak that has killed 20 big cats. Bird flu rips through sanctuary in Washington, kills ...
On July 31, a study found 2 farmworkers who had not been tested for bird flu had antibodies against it. [89] On August 9, the Colorado Department of Public Health reported bird flu in domestic cats, including indoor-only cats. [90] In late August, H5N1 had spread to dairy cow herds in California. [91]
On Nov. 24, the California Department of Public Health (CDPH) issued a statement warning the public of a recalled batch of milk after the bird flu was detected in a retail sample.. This is just ...
The editorial staff at CIDRAP (Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy) at the University of Minnesota write: "The creators of the fictional ABC-TV movie Fatal Contact: Bird Flu in America blended medical facts from the 1918 influenza pandemic with current predictions from flu experts to portray a contemporary flu pandemic, but they ...