01/19/2025
With all of the information out there about Avian Influenza (H5N1) it can be challenging to sort the factual from the speculation. For anyone wanting more, credible information on this disease, and others, please visit the following site and type H5N1, or whatever your topic of interest, into the search field. Bottom line - we still don't know all the answers. It may become more common and primarily seems to be ingestion as a route of transmission (eating contaminated/raw meat, raw milk, water contaminated with f***s from infected birds, etc). It is best to Avoid feeding any RAW diets, including freezedried and including High Pressure Pasturized diets to limit risk of exposure to numerous bacteria/viral contaminants. Do not drink or give your pet raw milk. Use common sense.
The Worms and Germs Blog authored by Drs. Scott Weese and Maureen Anderson covers animal health and diseases and is published by the Ontario Veterinary College University of Guelph.
