Cats Instead of Canaries as Sentinels

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CatNipped - 20 Oct 2005 17:48 GMT

"Cats, not canaries, will serve as sentinels for bird flu, said Dr. Lewis of
Banfield. There are 70 million cats in America, which makes them more common
than songbirds and a more reliable source of information. An H5N1 outbreak
at a Thai zoo laid waste to its tiger population, which had been fed
infected chickens, revealing the feline vulnerabilities to the virus. So
far, dogs have not proven susceptible to bird flu."

http://money.cnn.com/2005/10/20/news/midcaps/banfield/index.htm

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Kreisleriana - 20 Oct 2005 18:15 GMT

>"Cats, not canaries, will serve as sentinels for bird flu, said Dr. Lewis of
>Banfield. There are 70 million cats in America, which makes them more common
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>CatNipped

Oh great. :(

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Karen - 20 Oct 2005 18:35 GMT

>> "Cats, not canaries, will serve as sentinels for bird flu, said Dr. Lewis of
>> Banfield. There are 70 million cats in America, which makes them more common
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> Make Levees, Not War

No kidding.

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Monique Y. Mudama - 20 Oct 2005 18:28 GMT

> "Cats, not canaries, will serve as sentinels for bird flu, said Dr.
> Lewis of Banfield. There are 70 million cats in America, which makes
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> http://money.cnn.com/2005/10/20/news/midcaps/banfield/index.htm

Hrm.

You know, I don't want people ding of the avian flu, but that doesn't
mean I want Oscar dying, either =/

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