Bird flu looks like so many other diseases (diarrhea, red eyes, runny nose) that veterinarians may not expect it. We don't even know how many cases of bird flu in cats are out there.

Bird flu, also called H5N1 avian influenza, is a flu virus that causes severe illness and death in all types of birds. The virus now also affects wild and domesticated cats, which can catch bird ...

Though cases of infection are rare, cats seem especially susceptible to the bird flu virus, or Type A H5N1. Even before the cattle outbreak, there were feline cases linked to wild birds or poultry.

Kiki Knopp is trying to warn cat owners in New Jersey and elsewhere about avian flu — the virus that’s spreading rapidly amongst wild birds and now cats in the U.S., with 40 cases in just the ...

“It looks like the virus has taken its course,” Mr. Mathews said. ... Bird Flu Kills Pet Cats: Two cats in New York City died after being infected with bird flu, ...

Cats can not only catch bird flu, they can also catch human flu viruses. That means cats can serve as a "mixing vessel" for the two types of flu, allowing them to combine and create a version of ...

He says cats that are infected with the avian influenza virus have a variety of symptoms, including fever, lethargy, weakness, loss of appetite, respiratory distress and neurological signs like ...

More than 80 domestic cats have been confirmed to have had bird flu since 2022. Experts say there's a risk that cats could transmit the virus to people in the future.

A few cats have died from bird flu after eating raw food. And some raw pet food products have been recalled. Here's what to know about the risks to your fur babies, and how to keep them safe.

The strain of bird flu currently circulating has not adapted to efficiently spread among people. And there have been no known cases of cat-to-human transmission during the current outbreak of H5N1.

Cats sick with bird flu might experience loss of appetite, lethargy and fever. If your cat is usually playful and likes to look out the window, but instead has been sleeping all the time or hiding ...

There isn't a lot of research on transmission of bird flu from companion animals like cats or dogs to humans, ... Part of the concern with this H5N1 outbreak is that bird flu viruses change.