Cats can get Sars

News 24 (South Africa) ^ | 5-15-03

[Prince Charles]

Here's your link to F.I.P.

[areafiftyone]

I think they can get a form of the AIDS virus too if I am not mistaken!

[jerseygirl]

A possibility for animal-human transmission?

What if (tinfoil) some research like THIS went awry?

Check this out- PRC's Year 2000 report on Biotech included the following:

PRC Biotech: Top Researcher Sees Great Prospects
A January 2000 report from U.S. Embassy Beijing

biotech researchers want to modify animal blood so that human blood donors will not be needed. The four-year European Union moratorium on genetically modified organisms gives China Lack of IPR protection, lack of venture capital, lack of an adequate distribution system, and the lack of public understanding of biotechnology are important hindrances to Chinese biotech. a great opportunity to seize biotech market share. The European Union has blow biotech fears all out of proportion. Chen said that many millions of Americans have eaten biotech products during the past three years so they must be safe for Chinese people too. Bureaucracy is the number one problem for Chinese science.

Transform Animal Blood, Organs for Human Use--- (excerpt)

Now the Chinese Ministry of Science and Technology is working on a project to transform the blood of cows or pigs to human blood. This will make it unnecessary to have human blood donors. Small-scale clinical trials of transplantation of organs from transgenic animals may start next year. Transgenic researchers are trying to remove the genes that cause rejection of a pig's heart so that if it is transplanted into a human the organ will be accepted. In the not too distant future we might see people who as the Chinese saying goes have "wolf hearts and dog lungs."

[w_over_w]

Cats can get Sars 15/05/2003 18:42 - (SA) Geneva - Should your cat show symptoms of withdrawl and an attitude of "don't bother me I'm just chillin", you should report this to the nearest free clinic.

[aristeides]

Bad news for cats.

Most cats infected with FIP too don't get sick or exhibit symptoms. I wonder how sure they can be that no cats will get sick from SARS or transmit the disease.

[You Dirty Rats]

Cats can get SARS but can't transmit it?

Great news all around.

On the other hand, I'm not without some feelings; this could put quite a crimp in the food supply for people in the Far East.

I hate cats.

[Mister Baredog]

Those EVIL CATS again, that's why I have a dog.

[buffyt]

FIP is a lot like SARS, isn't it.

I read that they are beating their pet dogs and cats to death in China. They think that their pets are making them catch SARS.

[buffyt]

The pet I saw on the news that was being beaten to death was a beautiful healthy dog.

[vetvetdoug]

Thank you for the comforting information and ping.

[Calvin Locke]

I hate cats.

So do I. But they do serve a purpose in keeping down the population of other rodents.

[flamefront]

What about birds? Part of the SARS genes are not just feline but avian. Travel of the disease by bird flight would be a big problem.

[dc-zoo]

This is a real cats/asstrophe.

[Lucy Lake]

I never met a cat I didn't like.

[Nov3]

Another good reason to eradicate cats!

[NordP]

DOGS RULE!!!

[N. Theknow]

Cats can get SARS?

Ummmmm.....How about sheep? Can they get SARS?

[NordP]

It's times like these when yah wish there was plenty of extra $$$ in your bank account to buy plane tickets with, and it was legal to shoot people who hurt animals.

[Constitution Day]

Those EVIL CATS again, that's why I have a dog.

Damn Dirty Cats!
This is why I have 2 dogs. :~)

Sincerely,

Constitution Day
Inveterate cat hater.