12/27/2024
Locally manufactured pet food company is recalling their Northwest Naturals 2lb Feline Turkey Recipe Raw & Frozen Pet Food due to suspected contamination of the highly pathogenic Avian Influenza (H5N1a). A local indoor only cat died after eating the contaminated food and contracting this strain of Avian Influenza.
Please visit the Oregon Veterinary Medical Association website for more information and resources: https://www.oregonvma.org/news/highly-pathogenic-avian-influenza-h5n1
A large number of large cats at a sanctuary in Shelton have also died after contracting this highly virulence
strain of Avian Influenza. https://www.npr.org/2024/12/26/nx-s1-5239841/bird-flu-kills-20-cats-washington-sanctuary
While new information surfaces as this virus evolves and continues to impact our pet and human communities, please avoid consuming or allowing your pets to consume raw animal products, report sick or dead birds, monitor your own chickens if you have them, keep feed protected from rodents who can transport disease (a little bit of plague anyone?), and adopt good hygiene habits if you haven't already.
While human to human spread has not yet been confirmed, we want to stay vigilant and, frankly, avoid another pandemic type outbreak.
Here are more resources to help monitor and keep our furry friends and ourselves as safe as possible in the face of this highly pathogenic strain of Avian Influenza (H5N1a)
Oregon Dept of Agriculture: https://www.oregon.gov/oda/animal-health-feeds-livestock-id/animal-diseases/pages/livestock-hpai.aspx
Centers for Disease Control: https://www.cdc.gov/bird-flu/index.html
https://www.cdc.gov/bird-flu/situation-summary/data-map-commercial.html
