bird flue

[Talon]

any one seen the news..a cats got bird flue in germany.
wonder what ellse it can spread too.??

[Jackson]

any one seen the news..a cats got bird flue in germany.
wonder what ellse it can spread too.??

yea just seen it on Newsround CBBC (im such a kid!!)
i didnt realise it could spread to other animals (well i gues i shoulda) i just thought it was between birds and sometimes humans!!! they said it had occured in another animal or two but im not sure if they just ment us humans or another animal??

[Talon]

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2004/09/0902_040902_birdflu.html

[Puddle]

anything that flys and pigs but It depends what strain it is
h5n1
h1n1
h7n2
so on :prayer: :vom:

[Jackson]

anything that flys and pigs but It depends what strain it is
h5n1
h1n1
h7n2
so on :prayer: :vom:

this is getting even more scary and closer now!! feels like its closing in on us!!!:(

[Palmer]

:cry:

[Pitbull]

that might stop the germans feeding cat to their hawks

[Palmer]

And the chinease eatin them lol

[Puddle]

Look on :AVIAN FLU,TRANSMISSION-SYMPTOMS OF AVIAN FLU
WWW.ringsurf.com/info/medici...d_symptons_of_avian_flu_disease_in_/
could be a help

[Roberto]

The other infected animals were a tiger and a Panther.

[Biarmicus]

This site is from the World Health Organization regarding bird flu. May be of some use also? :confused:

http://www.who.int/csr/disease/avian_influenza/avianinfluenza_factsheetJan2006/en/index.html

Brittney

[Roo]

I wasn't too shocked by the story, I mean, if humans can catch it, then surely other mammals could catch it?

[Sprout]

Yes, cats can carry it and can be killed by it too. All the tigers in one of the zoos in the far east (can't remember which one) were killed by being fed chickens infected with avian flu - more than a dozen tigers!