Avial, positive homemade cats in New York. The risk of citizens and advice

According to what was communicated by the New York City Health Department, two cats from two Big Apple homes were positive for aviary influence. Department experts are investigating the two cases that have occurred in two families with no contact with each other. “In collaboration with animal health officials, the New York Health Department is trying to understand how the two cats have been infected with the influence of Aviaria H5 – explained that New York Department’s interim commissioner Michelle Morse in a note – Avianza in cats was confirmed in other places in the United States.” The expert resembles some precautions for animal owners: “Do not give their animals raw food or raw milk,” the first warning. “In addition, animal owners should prevent cats from vacancy outdoors, where they could contact wild birds or other animals.” The current risk of Avian flu to the new -Officers has pointed to Morse, “remains low. Avian flu viruses have a broader risk to the general public only if the virus develops the ability to transmit among people, who was not seen” at the moment. In cases of positive cats for the airport, the department’s note does not add anything else.

According to reports ‘CBS News’ on -line, at a Upper West Side Veterinary Clinic, brilliant veterinary care, a doctor, Deborah Bayazit, said he had to suppress a client’s cat after having complications related to Avian’s influence. «Very vacant symptoms. He just didn’t want to eat. He was lethargic at home. When he came to us, he had a very tall fever, “said Bayazit. The vet says the kitten had been fed with a canned cross chicken diet. The raw chicken eaten by the kitten had been sold by a company called ‘Savage Cat Food’, one of the many producers selling raw meat to cats. Cat in Colorado was sick in February. A product test was not conclusive, before being negative.

New York Health also released a statement to the citizens of the metropolis not to give the company’s food to their pets: “In collaboration with local, state and federal animal authorities, the New York City Health Department confirmed that two separate cats and perhaps a third party were infected with aviary influence and were connected to raw foods for cat -based animals. We encouraged New York. whose cats are getting sick after consuming food products of wild cats or other dairy products or dairy products to contact the veterinarian.

Source: IL Tempo

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