What affects us affects cats
Savage Pet, a California-based company, has issued a voluntary recall of specific batches of its raw chicken cat food due to concerns over potential contamination with the H5N1 avian influenza virus. This decision follows reports of two cats contracting the virus after consuming the affected product. Details of the Recall The recall pertains to …
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 …
There is a recent story in the online news media of 20 ‘big cats’ (not all are classic big cats as the list includes four bobcats, one lynx and four pumas) contracting bird flu (H5N1) and dying. It is the biggest outbreak of bird flu in a cat zoo that I have read about. …
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? …
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 …
Here is an infographic which explains the title above. RELATED: Bird flu kills five domestic cats in the United States of America And here is a little more information on this important topic. The study referred to took place out of the University of Wisconsin-Madison. The researchers also found that ferrets which became infected …
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 …
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, …
