The recent report in the Korea Times of a Cat dying of Bird Flu is nothing new. Reports as far back as 2006 show cases in Germany also.
Cat Infected With Bird Flu H5N1, Germany
German experts (Friedrich Loeffler Institute) have confirmed that a cat, found in the island of Ruegen, off northern Germany, tested positive for the H5N1 bird flu virus strain. This is the first non-bird-animal to have become ill with bird flu in the European Union.
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German pet owners advised to take precautions after cat dies of bird flu
German officials warned cat owners yesterday not to sleep accompanied by their pets, and to keep them indoors, following confirmation that a cat has died of the H5N1 avian flu virus.
The cat was found at the weekend on the Baltic island of Rügen, near to where most of Germany's 121 cases of H5N1-infected wild birds have been found. Tests carried out on the animal by scientists at Germany's Friedrich-Loeffler institute confirmed H5N1, probably from having eaten infected birds.
"Scientists fear the virus will eventually mutate into a form that is much more easily transmissible between humans, triggering a global pandemic."
Cat infected with deadly virus
Seoul - A cat found dead in a South Korean city was infected with a virulent strain of bird flu, the first mammal in the country known to have had the H5N1 virus, health officials said on Tuesday.
They said it was the first report of a cat having had the virus since a case in Thailand in 1996, but that there was little risk to humans as there has never been a known transmission of the virus from a cat to other mammals.
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