Posted on 03/06/2006 9:35:10 AM PST by laney
VIENNA, Austria -- Several cats have tested positive for the deadly strain of bird flu in Austria's first reported case of the disease spreading to an animal other than a bird, state authorities said Monday.
The World Health Organization called bird flu a greater global challenge than any previous infectious disease, costing global agriculture more than $10 billion and affecting the livelihoods of 300 million farmers.
Poland reported its first outbreak of the disease, saying Monday that laboratory tests confirmed that two wild swans had died of the lethal strain.
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Anybody know if a cat scratch could transfer this to humans?
I am not sure I think it could be spreading with fleas?
What about cat food ?
Chicken, and turkey meats ?
`Austrian cats, Polish swans have bird flu'
What's next: Florida skunk apes?
That depends if the cat has recently licked it's paw etc.
Basically it is fluids or mechanical transfer mechanisms that can cause infection NOT biological mechanisms
I have a feeling that the price of Chicken and turkey will sky rocket as well as people choosing other ways to consume there protein.
No wrong vector, it is occupational proximity that is causing cross species infection at the moment. By occupation proximity we mean porcine and avian farmers in Asia often have these animals close together and also work closely with them. civilian populations do not have the same exposure profile.
A friend of mine got a cat bite that turned into an infection in her blood. Would this apply?
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Not if they are skeered they won't.....
I would think as long as you don't eat your bird 'raw' you'd
be good to go...
Maybe if they 'irradiated' the meat first....you'd have no worries...cept for being skeered of radiation meat...
No avian flu is cause by the influenza A viral strain, infections form cat scratches are caused by parasitic or bacterial agents
Do you eat organic chicken and turkey? that might be a better choice given Bird flu expanding.
I would not give up my kitty but he is always indoors and is only allowed to peer out windows...
Thanks Kelly.
This would not help I am afraid :-(
no problem :-)
I have a question if you don't mind? I noticed that you are a Microbiologist that being the case do you do studies in Quantum Physics?
wow spooky, I did study physics (undergraduate) how did you know that?
Textured vegetable protein (synthetic "meat") would be a better choice if H5N1 gets into U.S. poultry stocks (pretty unlikely).
There's no reports on dogs getting bird flu ?
Q---> What kind of meats are in dog foods ?
I don't have a dog, so I don't know.
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