Published1 day ago

on April 7, 2023

3 cats in the U.S. test positive for H5N1 bird flu

ByBNO News

File photo (Credit: Erik-Jan Leusink)

Three domestic cats in the U.S. – two in Nebraska and one in Wyoming – have recently tested positive for H5N1 avian influenza after eating wild birds, scientists say. A dog in Canada died of bird flu last week.

In Wyoming, the State Veterinary Laboratory said in a brief statement that a barn cat tested positive for bird flu near Thermopolis, a small town in Hot Springs County, about 110 miles southeast of Casper.

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“This is the first report of HPAI (highly pathogenic avian influenza) in a domestic cat in Wyoming, and it likely became infected from ingesting meat from wild waterfowl,” the lab’s statement said.

There was no information about the cat’s condition, but Dr. Myrna Miller, the lab’s supervisor of virology…