A few months ago, a cluster of cats that died from H5N1 influenza was identified in the Netherlands. This itself wasn’t too surprising since H5N1 is circulating internationally and we know that cats are highly susceptible to the virus, often developing severe disease.
The cats were on what was reported as a dairy goat farm, which always raises some concern that they could have gotten infected from milk. That’s a concern because of the situation with H5N1 influenza in cattle … Read the rest