Cat Food Recall Issued Amid Bird Flu Contamination Concerns

Introduction In early 2025, several U.S. pet food companies initiated recalls of raw cat food products due to concerns over contamination with Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI) H5N1, commonly known as bird flu. These recalls were prompted by confirmed cases of the virus in domestic cats, some of which resulted in fatalities. The incidents …

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Could pet cats or dogs trigger an avian influenza pandemic?

Could pet cats or dogs trigger an avian influenza pandemic? Unlikely.

Could pet cats or dogs trigger an avian influenza pandemic? by Michael Broad In answering the question in the title, the first box to tick is on the issue as to whether avian flu is a zoonosis by which I mean can it be transferred from animals to people and between species of animal? …

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Indoor house cats have died of bird flu. How did they get it? How to prevent it? INFOGRAPHIC.

Indoor house cats have died of bird flu. How did they get it? How to prevent it? Infographic.

Well, I have summarized some information about the possible transmission of bird flu to domestic cats in an infographic as I think it is a nice way to present this kind of info. A point worth making, I believe, is that a lot has been written about bird flu (H5N1) on the internet and …

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Avian flu killed 12 Texas farm cats in four days after getting the disease from cattle

H5N1 - a rendition by an AI computer

Avian influenza A(H5N1) in dairy cattle was passed to 12 out of 24 farm cats in raw milk and through direct contact on a single Texas farm and the effect was devasting (see quote below). RELATED: avian flu H5N1 Avian influenza, often termed “highly pathogenic,” particularly refers to strains of the virus that are …

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Notes about bird flu, domestic cats and people

Bird flu

It might be useful just to briefly touch on the bird flu epidemic which affects America and other countries. I’m going to refer exclusively to America in this article partly because America’s CDC have some very useful information about it. Firstly, they remind us that bird flu is zoonotic. It can be transferred from …

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Bird flu kills five domestic cats in the United States of America

H5N1

NEWS AND COMMENT: This is a worrying development. I’ve written about bird flu before and the fact that it is a zoonotic disease which means that it can be transmitted between animals and people. Covid-19 is also a zoonotic disease and we know how badly that affected the entire planet. And today, The Sun, …

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Britain’s most important biolab is allegedly insecure

The Weybridge facility

The Brits, including myself, have criticised the Chinese for their alleged lax attitude towards maintaining the highest standards of security at their Wuhan biolab in order to prevent the escape of zoonotic diseases into public places. At one time it was believed that the Wuhan biolab was the source of the destructive Covid-19 pandemic …

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