I didn’t listen to her all the way through because I think she belabored the point of “strickly indoors”. Ok, I understood the first time she said it, that the cat could have come into contact while on a leash outdoors where water fowl are present. But wasn’t the food tested and found to contain the virus? If not that company can sue the pants off of the vet and OR Ag.
Just found out American Medical Assoc has a page on YouTube as well and they have public health info.
Seems to me a farm with both sick horses and cats is a red alert for the state vet. This is exactly the circumstances that need to be alerted. The higher up the ladder this virus climbs, to bigger the risk becomes for us
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They supposedly didn’t follow testing protocols by testing an already opened bag. It was the only one contaminated; it also had a date on it of 2023. That lot has been out and has been eaten by thousands of cats and this is the only one that got sick. Mostly likely contracted it from being leash walked outside.
According to my birding group, passerine birds like songbirds are not as susceptible to bird flu as domestic poultry. They haven’t advised people to take down their bird feeders, yet, but are advising frequent cleaning and disinfection.
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If anyone is interested, I came across a well-written and what I felt like pretty balanced/reasonable article about the two reported incidents of H5N1 in cats and the potential of cat/human transmission. This is from a blog site run by the Univ of Guelph. I had not heard about the CDC releasing and then pulling the data until reading this thread. But as someone who lives in a neighborhood teeming with birds and over 400 homes and their outdoor cats plus a few unauthorized chicken coops lol, I am paying attention.
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Here’s the NYT article;
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In california / riverside H5N1 ( or the new variants) have been found in both mice and rats. multiplying vectors to and from birds and cats, feedstuff and cattle.
My resources
Your Local Epidemiologist
Canada Healthwatch
LIzzie Traveler on YT and other socials
