By Emily Anthes Federal officials who spent the last year grappling with a surge of bird flu infections in cows and people are now confronting a spate of new cases in cats, some of which have died ...
The risks of raw diets have become even more pronounced in recent months due to the ongoing spread of the H5N1 bird flu. Several house cats fell ill, and some died, from H5N1 after consuming ...
More than a dozen cats have been killed or sickened by bird flu that is spreading in raw food products, the Food and Drug Administration says, prompting a federal probe into how the virus got into ...
Cats and birds aren't exactly similar but they're both proving to be susceptible to avian influenza A (H5N1) -- bird flu in other words. Since the bird flu outbreak began in March 2024 ...
There has also been a spate of recent bird flu detections in domestic cats. Positive samples were gathered in January in California, Kansas, Louisiana and Iowa, and several more cases from last ...
Dozens of cats have reportedly contracted the virus since the start of the current outbreak in March 2024. While bird flu has some people worried about eating certain human foods, what does this ...
NEW ORLEANS – The state of Louisiana identified a case of a domestic cat with bird flu in New Orleans, according to a spokesperson from the city’s Health Department and the Louisiana Department of ...
But house cats are not wild animals, and most veterinarians advise against feeding companion animals raw food because of pathogens like salmonella and listeria. The risks of raw diets have become even ...