Pet Health News As Bird Flu Spreads, How Worried Should Pet Owners Be About Their Animal Contracting The Virus

Bird flu kills cats. Why that matters to everyone, not just pet owners

More than 140 domestic cats in the country have been infected with bird flu since 2022. While the likelihood of your cat getting bird flu is rare, the recent increase in cats who've contracted the ... Read More

Cat euthanized after contracting bird flu from eating recalled pet food

SAN FRANCISCO − Authorities euthanized a cat in San Francisco after it ate raw pet food and contracted the bird flu, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced. Some batches of RAWR Raw Cat ... Read More

Experts warn backyard chickens at risk of contracting bird flu

“The way that diseases move from wild birds like ducks and geese that may be infected with highly pathogenic avian influenza to our backyard chickens, for example, is basically through what we call a ... Read More

San Francisco cat euthanized after contracting bird flu from raw pet food; How to take precautions for your pets

A San Francisco cat has tragically been euthanized after contracting the highly contagious H5N1 bird flu from RAWR Raw Cat Food Chicken Eats. Health authorities confirmed the same virus strain in the ... Read More

Cat in San Francisco euthanized after latest bird flu infection tied to raw pet food

Federal health officials are warning that certain lots of raw cat food may be contaminated with H5N1 bird flu after a pet cat in San Francisco that ate the food became infected with the virus and had ... Read More

Bird Flu Is out of the News but Still Circulating

For months, bird flu was seemingly everywhere in the U.S.: news headlines reported the highly pathogenic H5N1 avian influenza virus was rapidly sweeping through hundreds of herds of dairy cattle and ... Read More

Bird Flu Revealed to Thrive in Fever as US Reports First Human H5N5 Death

It’s crucial that we monitor bird flu strains to help us prepare for potential outbreaks," said virologist Matt Turnbull. Read More

H5N1 bird flu cases spike in Europe. How worried should we be?

On November 13, Spain's Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food imposed the confinement of all free-range poultry farms to curb the spread of avian influenza—more commonly known as "bird ... Read More

Bird flu spreads to total of 15 Indiana farms, a Johnson County hobby flock

INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) — Two more duck operations in northern Indiana and a hobby flock of mixed species in the Indianapolis metropolitan area are the latest to be quarantined with bird flu, the state’s ... Read More

Bird flu’s surprising heat tolerance has scientists worried

Researchers discovered why bird flu can survive temperatures that stop human flu in its tracks. A key gene, PB1, gives avian viruses the ability to replicate even at fever-level heat. Mice experiments ... Read More

Bird flu kills cats. Why that matters to everyone, not just pet owners

The bird flu that's been killing flocks of wild birds and causing outbreaks in poultry and dairy cows across the United States has another unlikely victim: house cats. More than 140 domestic cats in ... Read More