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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Bird flu ravaging birds in northern hemisphere (and it can be transmitted to pets and people)

Bird flu on poultry farm

The big news which is unfolding under the radar, and which was ignored by news media until recently because of the political crisis in the UK, is that bird flu (H5N1, a form of avian influenza) is ravaging native wild bird numbers and domestic stock across the northern hemisphere which includes America. I mention …

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