Symon, the African grey parrot, is a very chatty little bird. What does she like to talk about? Well, it's not a subject per se that this beautiful parrot enjoys talking about. What Symon enjoys ...

More than 80 domestic cats, among many other types of mammals, have been confirmed to have had bird flu since 2022 — generally barn cats that lived on dairy farms, as well as feral cats and pets that ...

Avian influenza, also known as bird flu, continues to spread across the U.S. There have been nine positive cases involving cats in December 2024 across the U.S., according to the USDA. No cases of ...

(AP) – The death of an Oregon house cat and a pet food recall are raising questions about the ongoing outbreak of bird flu and how people can protect their pets. Bird flu has been spreading for years ...

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The bird flu that's been killing flocks of wild birds and causing outbreaks in poultry and dairy cows across the United States has another unlikely victim: house cats. More than 140 domestic cats in ...

Certain raw cat food products distributed in Pennsylvania and four other states have been recalled, because they are potentially contaminated with the H5N1 virus, also known as bird flu. Savage Pet of ...

pets that spend time outdoors and likely caught it by hunting diseased rodents or wild birds. Now, a small but growing number of house cats have gotten sick from H5N1, the bird flu strain driving the ...