17/01/2025
Cat people! Avoid feeding your kitties raw chicken (this includes freeze dried raw treats) and unpasteurized milk products. Keep your backyard poultry separate from any outdoor cats. There was a documented case of avian influenza in a cat recently in our area. Unfortunately it’s highly fatal to cats and he didn’t survive.
A new source of exposure highly pathogenic avian influenza is affecting cats: raw diets containing poultry such as duck, turkey, or chicken that were contaminated with the virus. Cats appear to be particularly susceptible to severe illness from H5N1, often resulting in death.
