How to tell if your cat is infected
(Filed: 01/03/2006)
The symptoms of bird flu in cats were first recorded by scientists investigating how the pets could contract the virus.
The cats soon showed signs of disease - raised body temperature, decreased activity, protrusion of the third eyelid, conjuctivitis and laboured breathing. All developed severe lung disease.
Dr Thijs Kuiken, a veterinary pathologist at the Erasmus Medical Centre in Rotterdam, introduced the H5N1 virus into the airways of three cats. Three other cats were fed an infected chick.
Two other cats were exposed to the virus by being placed in the same cage as the first three cats. One cat died after six days of infection.
In their research, published in Science in September 2004, Dr Kuiken warned that the role of cats in the spread of H5N1 virus needed to be reassessed and said that "cats may form an opportunity for this avian virus to adapt to mammals, thereby increasing the risk of a human influenza pandemic."
© Copyright of Telegraph Group Limited 2006.
How to tell if your cat is infected with bird flu
How to tell if your cat is infected with bird flu
Which end is that, then?:-3
How to tell if your cat is infected with bird flu
Oh, the bit that disappears up it's own whirlpool. If you can find it, there's a time tunnel there.
How to tell if your cat is infected with bird flu
is that what it's called?!:-3