Dead cat found with bird flu in Germany

Alertnet ^ | 2-28-06

[Mother Abigail]

B2M transmission Germany

MA

[southernnorthcarolina]

If the cat had cooked the bird before eating it, there would have been no problem.

[Feiny]

Another reason to stay away from cats.

[armymarinemom]

You know that is a problem. My cat is really bad about bringing in live birds.

[randog]

If the cat had cooked the bird before eating it, there would have been no problem.

True, but if the cat doesn't cook the bird but I cook the cat and consume it (with a lovely brandy sauce, of course), will I have problems?

[demkicker]

I'm itching to figure this out

[mdittmar]

Note to cats,stay away from cars,old age,and bad owners.

P.S.,get them birdies.

[satchmodog9]

Maybe people should just keep their cats in their homes instead of letting them roam about.

[Lunatic Fringe]

Q: Does a cat always land on its feet?
A: When you drop it from 52 stories up, does it really matter?

[Monti Cello]

Dead cat bump.

[Gator113]

Oh no! Yet another food group for the germans to scratch off their menu.

[Billthedrill]

Interesting. The virus does appear to have jumped species, but not entirely to ours...yet. Keeping my eye on this one.

[Tucson]

Why yes, yes it does. Natural History Magazine had an article some 15 years back or so which found that cats will survive a fall from anywhere above about seven stories. What happens is they will fairly quickly get into their falling stance similar to a skydiver. Because of their weight distribution, they will reach terminal velocity, become relatively calm and relaxed prior to landing. The stance evenly distributes the weight and the calm state relaxes their muscles and they land with only minimal injury. Cats routinely survive falls from higher than about 70 feet. Lower than that, they never reach terminal velocity, remain rigid in panic and generally the outcome is not pretty.

[R W Reactionairy]

"Q: Does a cat always land on its feet?

A: When you drop it from 52 stories up, does it really matter?"

This might be an urban legend, but cats can fall from extreme heights and survive. Supposedly, beyond a certain height, a cat is actually less like to die outright from a fall as it may take them a while longer to assume the perfect position for a hard landing than it does to reach terminal velocity.

Please don't test this one out at home boys and girls.

[Mother Abigail]

This is the first bird to mammal transmission in Europe and is not good news.

Cats are the one vector we must avoid.

MA

[kstewskis]

Does this mean I have to give up my friends?

[aimhigh]

Bird flu has led to the culling or deaths of some 200 million birds

How are they going to find and breed resistant birds if they kill off entire herds. Wouldn't it be better to let the flue work its say through a flock, and then get new breeding stock from the survivors?

[Billthedrill]

One of those is not like the others.

It's the one on the end, isn't it?

[Battle Axe]

There was another thread on this.

They called it "Tweetie's Revenge".

The cat may be dead, but did it die from bird flu? Or did it just die after eating part of a dead bird and the test just showed that it ate a dead bird.

We need to know that the cat contracted the disease before we get all pushed out of shape.