domestic cat health – Michael Broad

Could pet cats or dogs trigger an avian influenza pandemic?

September 19, 2024 by Michael Broad

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? …

Are indoor or indoor/outdoor cats healthier?

June 29, 2022 by Michael Broad

Domestic cat health - indoor versus indoor and outdoor lives

You would think that the answer is obvious and that you would say that indoor cats are healthier than indoor/outdoor cats. It’s more subtle than that. This is a big subject but perhaps it is useful to divide the health problems into two categories (1) trauma (2) everything else including parasitic infections, infectious diseases, …