The Washington State Department of Agriculture and the Oregon Department of Agriculture have issued a public health alert because of H5N1 influenza virus contamination of another brand of raw pet food, following the deaths of two more indoor cats
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H5N1 Influenza Exposure of Dairy Veterinarians
By Scott Weese
I think it’s fair to say H5N1 becoming seemingly endemic in US dairy cattle in the past year caught us off guard. The virus has spread widely within and between US dairy herds, has caused mild infections in a number…
Podcast: H5N1 Influenza and Raw Pet Food
By Scott Weese
The more H5N1 influenza continues to circulate in wild and domestic birds around the world, including here in North America, the more we have to be concerned about exposure of pets to H5N1 influenza through raw food diets. Recent…
Infographic: Canine Acute Diarrhea Treatment
By Scott Weese
Back in March 2024, I wrote a post about a systematic review of the efficacy of antibiotics and probiotics and the associated treatment guidelines for acute diarrhea in dogs from the European Network for Optimization of Veterinary Antimicrobial Treatment (ENOVAT)…
H5N1 Flu in Nevada Dairy Cattle: What’s the Concern?
By Scott Weese
H5N1 influenza has been widespread is US dairy cattle for close to a year, so you might wonder why a recent report of H5N1 in dairy cattle in Nevada is garnering extra attention. Well, it all comes down to the…
Update: Potential Cat-to-Human and Human-to-Cat H5N1 Flu Transmission?
By Scott Weese
Earlier today I wrote about a New York Times story about some interesting H5N1 flu transmission data from the US CDC that was posted briefly on Wednesday and was then quickly removed from the CDC website. The information suggested they’d…
Cat-to-Human and Human-to-Cat H5N1 Flu Transmission in the US?
By Scott Weese
Cat-to-human or human-to-cat transmission of H5N1 influenza would be concerning but not too surprising.
Suppression of information by the US government would be concerning but not surprising given what’s going on at the moment.
But, did those occur?
The sharp…
H5N1 Influenza in Another Cat: Oregon
By Scott Weese
Addendum: The Oregon Veterinary Medical Association has indicated in a release that the cat discussed below was euthanized because of the severity of disease. That’s more consistent with the severe disease that’s usually reported but I think the discussion below…
PCR Testing for H5N1 Influenza in Cats and Dogs
By Scott Weese
As H5N1 avian influenza continues to spread in wild birds and spills over into domestic birds and mammals of many kinds, we’re becoming more aware of the risks to domestic mammals and there are more questions about test selection and…
US FDA Raw Pet Diet Directive
By Scott Weese
