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swine flu detected in a cat
Published Nov. 4, 2009Views: 143
The swine flu virus has been confirmed in a cat treated at the Iowa State University College of Veterinary Medicine.
Officials said Wednesday it's the first known case of the virus to be diagnosed in a cat. Veterinarians say the virus has also been confirmed in two ferrets, one in Oregon and the other in Nebraska.
The 13-year-old cat was treated in Ames, Iowa, and is recovering.
The veterinarian who treated the cat, Dr. Brett Sponseller, says two of the three people in the same house had flu-like symptoms before the cat became ill.
The case was confirmed at both Iowa State and the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
Sponseller says the flu is known to spread from humans to pets, but this is the first case of swine flu to spread to a cat.
--Associated Press report
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I had a cat sneeze in my face once, long ago. I didn’t think much of it at the time, but soon thereafter I developed an eye infection; turns out that it was a Chlamydia infection.
(No, not the STD kind, but similar. My doctor accused me of “looking for love in all the wrong places.” I wasn’t amused....)
That’s been twenty years ago, and I still have to use moisturizing eye drops because so many of the tear ducts were destroyed by the infection.
Soooo, the bottom line is that when your kitties get sick, take them to a vet, wash your hands often, and don’t believe it if the vet says you can’t catch something from a cat!
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Interesting.
Praying for the kitty.
God bless.
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