Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Yes, most cats in the U.S. and other areas where bird flu has been seen are in greater danger now that the weather is warming.

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 ...

Bird flu wasn’t on Tim Hanson’s mind when he fed his cats specialty pet food containing raw chicken. “You go to the pet shop and it was the premium raw food,” he said. “It was finely ground to a ...

Most cat owners think of their pets as gentle wanderers that bring life to the yard. But new research from the University of Guelph shows a darker side to that freedom. The study estimates that ...

San Jose, Calif. — Bird flu isn’t just affecting chickens and cows; it’s hitting pet cats. An estimated 11.6 million households in California own 23.3 million cats (in Michigan, 4.1 million households ...

Rats have become the latest addition to the menagerie of animals infected with the H5N1 bird flu virus. The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service reported on ...

Two cats that belonged to Michigan dairy workers died after being infected with bird flu. But it's still not clear how the animals got sick or whether they spread the virus to people in the household, ...

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