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Cat Forum / General Topics / February 2007Bird flu
Now that bird flu has broken out in the UK, is there any danger to cats ?  Signature"A horse a horse, my kingdom for a horse". I haven't had a winner for six months. RADB Tony \"The Count\" Baldoni. wrote: >Now that bird flu has broken out in the UK, is there any danger to cats ? > > Yes, there is. As far back as September 2004 there were reports of cats in Europe and Asia contracting bird flu, and evidence suggests there is a small risk that cats can pass on the virus to humans (although no such cases have been reported to date) as well as other animals. AFAIK, there is no treatment for cats who contract avian influenza, which is fatal to felines. Per Tony "The Count" Baldoni.: >Now that bird flu has broken out in the UK, is there any danger to cats ? Check out http://tinyurl.com/2k3vrt Page 16 of the document, page 18 in Acrobat's scheme of things. Towards the bottom of the page... SignaturePeteCresswell
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