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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]
One house cats was has been confirmed positive with the virus, and the four cats living in the same house are presumed to be sick, as well. ... PHOTO: Three influenza A (H5N1/bird flu) virus ...
The cat was given Tamiflu (a treatment known to be effective for bird flu in felines) and antibiotics. ... the cats' symptoms all track with what one would expect with H5N1 infection in a feline ...
Influenza A/H5N1 was first recorded in a small outbreak among poultry in Scotland [75] in 1959, with numerous outbreaks subsequently in every continent. [76] The first known transmission of A/H5N1 to a human occurred in Hong Kong in 1997, when there was an outbreak of 18 human cases resulting in 6 deaths. It was determined that all the infected ...
A cat owner uses a handheld thermometer to take its temperature. L.A. County health officials are investigating the case of three cats presumed to have H5N1 bird flu. (Sakchai Lalit / Associated ...
Highly pathogenic H5N1 avian influenza in a human appears to be far worse, killing over 50% of humans reported infected with the virus, although it is unknown how many cases (with milder symptoms) go unreported. In one case, a boy with H5N1 experienced diarrhea followed rapidly by a coma without developing respiratory or flu-like symptoms. [41]
L.A. County public health officials are reupping their warning to pet owners: Do not feed pets raw food. More cats have been sickened from eating H5N1-infected food.
[68] [69] H5N1 was found to be present at high levels in the mammary glands of affected cows, and cats that consumed unpasteurized milk from symptomatic cows displayed a high mortality rate from a severe systemic influenza infection. [70] More than half the cats on one farm died after drinking raw milk from infected cows. [71]