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More Salmonella cases linked to dry pet food

… company to announce on Sep 12 a recall of all dry dog and cat food products made at the plant from Feb 18 through Jul … other than those from the Mars Petcare factory. Dog and cat foods made at the Everson plant were sold under many … the agency said. CDC. Update: Recall of dry dog and cat food products associated with human Salmonella …
Robert Roos
 

H1N1 FLU BREAKING NEWS: Household cleaners, heeding pandemic messages, vaccination news

Feb 1, 2010

 

H1N1 FLU BREAKING NEWS: Social-gathering ban, de-emphasizing seasonal flu vaccine, high Tamiflu dosing, impact on Mecca

Zambian district bans social gatherings

 

China may have more avian flu this spring, leader warns

… The news from China came as Germany confirmed that a cat was infected with the deadly H5N1 virus and Serbia … Meanwhile in Germany , health officials confirmed that a cat on the Baltic Sea island of Ruegen died of H5N1 … said the case has already prompted hundreds of German cat owners to leave their pets at shelters, the story said. …
Robert Roos
 

Nigeria finds H5N1 in bird markets

… Korea said scientists isolated the H5N1 virus from a dead cat, according to a report this week from the newspaper … the university's college of veterinary medicine, said the cat was found dead along the Mangyeong River in Gimje, North … Quarantine Service to determine if the virus caused the cat's death. Meanwhile, two rounds of avian flu exercises in …
Lisa Schnirring
 

NEWS SCAN: CDC lab safety questioned, flu vaccine effectiveness, Oregon plague infection, heroin-related anthrax death

… bitten Jun 2 after trying to rescue a mouse from a stray cat. Authorities aren't sure if he was bitten by the mouse or the cat, but the cat died and its body was sent for testing to the Centers for …
 

Rapid COVID-19 escalation pushes world past 900,000 cases

… officials reported the first COVID-19 detection in a cat , which belongs to an owner who tested positive for the virus. The cat's oral, nasal, and rectal samples were positive for the virus. The cat hasn't shown any clinical signs and will be quarantined. …
Lisa Schnirring | News Editor | CIDRAP News
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H1N1 FLU BREAKING NEWS: North Korea confirms flu, resistant cluster, hotline misdiagnoses, updated antiviral guidance

… mainland. http://www.thestandard.com.hk/news_detail.asp?pp_cat=11&art_id=91658&sid=26351558&con_type=1 Dec 9 Daily …
 

News Scan for Jun 27, 2017

… resistance at the Hajj MERS in Riyadh Plague cases Cat-linked tularemia case HPV vaccine impact H5N8 in Belgium … cases, including one death. Jun 26 NMDOH press release   Cat bite suspected as source of Minnesota woman's tularemia … woman who got sick after she was bitten by a stray cat. The woman suffered the bite on May 10 and became ill May …

News Scan for Sep 30, 2020

… the study found. In the first published study involving cat experimental infections, researchers inoculated dogs and … infected cats or dogs transmitting SARS-CoV-2 to humans." Cat and human cells, unlike those of mice or rats, contain …

FAO urges nations to ramp up actions to blunt impact of H5N1 avian flu

… shared more details about their investigation into severe cat illnesses from H5N1 avian flu, including a potential role of contaminated food and cat-to-cat spread of the virus. Also, two teams of scientists …
Lisa Schnirring
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H5N1 findings prompt another raw pet food recall

… raw pet food for cats after an investigation into severe cat illnesses in Oregon and Washington turned up the outbreak … to the food. Earlier this year, California officials tied cat H5 avian flu illnesses to a different locally produced … brand, and in late 2024, Oregon health officials linked a cat illness to Northwest Naturals, a raw pet food brand sold …
Lisa Schnirring

Two studies tie long COVID-19 to severe initial illness

… risk of having at least three long-term symptoms. Median CAT score was 2, indicating low impact on quality of life, … conditions (OR, 1.95) were independent risk factors for CAT scores of 10 or higher. "The findings provide valuable …
Mary Van Beusekom | News Writer | CIDRAP News
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Stewardship / Resistance Scan for Dec 11, 2018

… high-risk ST15 clonal lineage predominated in dog and cat isolates (60%, 15/25). Most of the pet ST15 lineage … genes. A hospital-adapted lineage was found in a cat and a human, and both of the isolates were MDR. The team …

NEWS SCAN: Polio funding, Haiti's paralysis cases, dengue vaccine collaboration, FMD alert in Asia, diseases from pets

… which says as many as 45% of dog owners and 62% of cat owners at least on occasion share a bed with their pet, … in New Mexico and Arizona after bed-sharing with a cat or dog, methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus …
 

Brazil reports first H5N1 avian flu outbreak in poultry

… birds, US mammals Following the detection of H5N1 in 9 cat deaths in Poland , the country's chief veterinarian today …
Lisa Schnirring

Russia and China report new H5N1 avian flu outbreaks in birds

… reporting more detections in mammals, including a cat at a second animal shelter in South Korea. Virus strikes … officials said yesterday that tests detected H5N1 in a cat from a second animal shelter in Seoul, according to a … officials will survey wild birds, especially near the cat outbreak areas. Elsewhere, Northern Ireland has reported …
Lisa Schnirring
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Michigan reports 3 more H5N1 outbreaks in dairy herds

In other developments, H5N1 has been detected in cats from South Dakota with no known links to poultry or dairy herd outbreaks.

Lisa Schnirring
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Study: Sharing of multidrug-resistant bacteria between people, pets rare

… for MDROs, and 70% tested negative. The rate of dog and cat ownership was 11% and 9% in MDRO-positive patients, …
Chris Dall

Finland reports H5N1 avian flu in blue foxes on fur farm

Blue fox are the most common fur animal farmed in Finland, and officials say wild birds are the likely source of the virus.

Lisa Schnirring
blue fox

Alaska reports fatal Alaskapox case

… died at the end of January. Man had scratches from stray cat Investigators found that he had no recent travel history … contact with people who did. The man had cared for a stray cat at his home that regularly hunted small animals. The cat frequently scratched the man, which included a notable …
Lisa Schnirring
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Alpacas infected with H5N1 avian flu in Idaho

In other developments, H5N1 was detected in feral cats in New Mexico and more dairy herds in affected states.

Lisa Schnirring
alpaca and chickens

Avian flu surge continues on US poultry farms as feds address contamination of raw pet food

… surveillance comes in the wake of raw products linked to cat infections. Infectious disease topics Avian Influenza … the virus detected in raw pet food, and an infected house cat. Enhanced surveillance will include isolation, clinical …
Lisa Schnirring
broiler farm

ECCMID studies probe resistant pathogens in pets, pet food, and people

… patients and their pets was found. Among the 77 dog and 71 cat samples from the 112 owners that have been analyzed, 16% (23 dogs and 1 cat) tested positive for an MDRO. In two of the cases, the …
Chris Dall | News Reporter | CIDRAP News
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CDC pandemic review of US H5N1 virus on par with earlier assessments from same clade

Like two recent 2.3.4.4b viruses, the subtype from the Texas patient is of moderate risk for both future emergence and public health impact. 

Lisa Schnirring
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