What is Bird Flu in Cats? Bird flu, also called H5N1 avian influenza, is a flu virus. It causes severe illness and death in all types of birds, particularly wild birds, ducks, geese, and chickens.

Bird flu has been in the news a lot in recent weeks with cats in the Pacific Northwest falling ill and in some cases sadly being euthanized. The outbreak began back in March 2024 in dairy cattle, but ...

Los Angeles County health officials are investigating a case of three cats presumed to have H5N1 bird flu County officials confirmed the disease in two other cats who drank recalled raw milk and died ...

The bird flu outbreak, which has been detected statewide in animals including ducks, geese, squirrels, foxes, raccoons and bobcats, now also is being found in household cats in New York, federal data ...

As bird flu cases grow across the country, the Niagara SPCA wants cat owners to be aware to keep pets safe. This year, there are twenty cases of bird flu confirmed in domestic cats in the U.S. So far, ...

Oregon saw its first case of bird flu in December in a cat that had eaten raw pet food. The second case, in January, came from a cat that lived next to a wildlife refuge and was exposed to wild ...

Long Island’s oldest and last large commercial duck farm is facing the fight of its life after its owner last week confirmed a case of bird flu at the Aquebogue facility. Doug Corwin, president of the ...