Bird flu In raw food, it has killed or injured more than a dozen domestic cats across the United States, according to the Food and Drug Administration.
In a new statement I mentioned The FDA said Tuesday by CBS that it is “aware of reports of death or illness associated with uncooked food in 13 domestic cats in eight households, one exotic cat in one household, and an unknown number of animals at two large cat sanctuaries.” . .
The Food and Drug Administration added that cases were found in caColorado, Oregon and Washington, CBS reported.
Last Friday the Food and Drug Administration He said Cat and dog food manufacturers who use uncooked or pasteurized materials from livestock or poultry consider H5N1 avian influenza in their food safety plans.
According to the US Food and Drug Administration, the virus can be transmitted to cats and dogs when they eat products from infected poultry or livestock, such as unpasteurized milk, uncooked meat, or unpasteurized eggs. In cats it can cause severe illness or death. Dogs generally show milder clinical signs and a lower mortality rate.
The H5N1 outbreak in the United States began last March when the virus was first developing discoverer In dairy cows in Texas and Kansas.
Twelve barn cats He died After drinking tainted raw milk at a Texas dairy last year, while in December, 20 exotic cats were poached, including a Bengal tiger, four cougars, a lynx and four kittens, He died At an animal sanctuary in Washington.
according to In a study published last year in the academic journal Emerging Microbes and Infection, feline H5N1 genomes had unique mutations that could indicate “possible adaptation to the virus.” Found cats He could “They serve as mixing vessels for the reassortment of avian and mammalian influenza viruses” as well as a “bridge” to infect other species.
Earlier this year, the Lincoln Park Zoo in Chicago Announce H5N1 infection killed Chilean flamingos and harbor seals.
Since the outbreak there have been more than 20 million chickens He diedWhile 134 million birds were used in the poultry industry affectedAccording to the US Department of Agriculture.
talking to Last week, Eric Dibble, USDA’s deputy undersecretary for marketing and regulatory programs, said the agency was building a new stockpile of H5N1 vaccines for poultry.
