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

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

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

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 outbreak in house cats: high-risk but survival possible

Bird flu hits cats particularly hard. Just last week an infected cat was euthanized in California after eating raw pet food. But a University of Maryland-led study out today in One Health shows ... 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 outbreak hits 18 Indiana farms; 92,000 killed so far to curb virus

INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) — In just 22 days, a new avian influenza outbreak has hit 18 farms in Indiana, leading to tens of thousands of chickens and ducks being killed. The Indiana Board of Animal Health ... Read More

Bird flu prevention zone measures introduced to prevent disease's spread

Bird flu measures that require flock owners to adhere to strict biosecurity rules to prevent the disease's spread have come into effect. Known as Avian Influenza Prevention Zone (AIPZ) measures, the ... Read More

Iraq reports bird flu among poultry in north, animal health agency says

PARIS, Oct 14 (Reuters) - Iraq has reported an outbreak of severe bird flu among poultry in the north of the country, the World Organisation for Animal Health said on Tuesday. The highly pathogenic ... Read More