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Alternative headline: US's poor public health system poses bird flu risk to cats
Now, a small but growing number of house cats have gotten sick from H5N1, the bird flu strain driving the current U.S. outbreak, after eating raw food or drinking unpasteurized milk
One neat trick to make sure your cat doesn’t get bird flu: don’t do that. Don’t let them outside unsupervised and stop feeding them raw food.
One can hope that farmers with barn cats will actually do that, but they probably won't.
It’s not just barn cats, any cat that goes outdoors and even indoor cats that are fed raw food can get it if the food is contaminated. Although right now based on CDC statements it seems like cats are mostly getting it from dairy workers, not the other way around.
That's true, but barn cats are cats that are more likely to be fed scraps and raw food to begin with. Most people with pet cats are just feeding them cat food. Obviously some people are doing this as it is discussed in the article, but, Bird flu is primed to be the next covid with how unseriously it's being taken right now, especially by poultry/egg farmers.
Going to be fucking devastating if they have to start culling.
Wheeeeeeeee and they’re gonna make vaccines illegal or some shit lmaoooooooooo we’re all gonna fuckin die 🫠
My friend in Arkansas was banned from a neighborhood group for asking about how to raise chickens so they don't get the bird flu. So, in essence, because Arkansas is one of the biggest shitholes for Trump voters - it's indicative that the whole bird flu is bad because of the anti-vax right.
My cats are indoor only, and I don't feed them any raw food, but I frequently foster cats that have come from outdoor situations. I always do a 2 week quarantine before allowing them to meet, but I'm getting very worried that I might still be putting my resident cats at risk of bird flu if I continue fostering, since things like URIs seem to spread despite the quarantine.