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More cats found with bird flu

Researchers suggest feline 'sentinels' could identify dangerous outbreaks.

Domestic cats may be widely susceptible to infection with the avian flu H5N1 virus, according to scientists who this week reported the virus in two dead cats in northern Iraq. The latest reports, following recent cat cases in Austria, Germany, Thailand and Indonesia, reinforce the hypothesis that cats may play a role in the spread of the virus, although none of the human victims thus far is thought to have caught the virus from a cat.

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Posted by Nicola Jones on July 25, 2006 06:49 PM |

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Is it about time to control the population of the so called "domisticated" cats.
Fouling on neighbouring gardens, killing garden birds. What good do the cats do apart from the owerns drool all over their cats and feel proud that cats canot be fully house trained

Posted by: Paritosh Maulik | July 26, 2006 08:19 PM

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