Smithsonian article on cats and flu

I had no idea we can give our cats the flu!

http://tinyurl.com/9yrdtlh

Jill

I had no idea we can give our cats the flu!
http://tinyurl.com/9yrdtlh

Something else I read in a textbook on allergy medicine: about 10%
of dogs and cats are allergic to people (with the same symptoms as
human allergy: usually asthma and eczema).

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jmcquown wrote:

I had no idea we can give our cats the flu!

http://tinyurl.com/9yrdtlh

That's sad. I feel bad for the person who had to be hospitalized
with swine flu, and meanwhile, his/her two cats got the flu and died
from it.

I don't feel especially scared about the "mutating vector" thing,
though - I mean, humans have been getting the flu for who knows how
long, and we've had pets for a very long time, and so far, no pandemics
have been caused by killer cat viruses. Just because scientists are
starting to discover this particular vector, doesn't mean something
drastically different is going to happen any time soon.

The word "zoonoses," meaning diseases that are spread from one species
to another, is pronounced "zo-uh-NO-seez." I found this out about 10
minutes ago by looking it up. Before that, I was staring at the word
trying to figure out how to pronounce it, and one thing that came to
mind was "zoo noses."

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Joyce

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jmcquown wrote:

I had no idea we can give our cats the flu!

http://tinyurl.com/9yrdtlh

That's sad. I feel bad for the person who had to be hospitalized
with swine flu, and meanwhile, his/her two cats got the flu and died
from it.

I don't feel especially scared about the "mutating vector" thing,
though - I mean, humans have been getting the flu for who knows how
long, and we've had pets for a very long time, and so far, no pandemics
have been caused by killer cat viruses. Just because scientists are
starting to discover this particular vector, doesn't mean something
drastically different is going to happen any time soon.

The word "zoonoses," meaning diseases that are spread from one species
to another, is pronounced "zo-uh-NO-seez." I found this out about 10
minutes ago by looking it up. Before that, I was staring at the word
trying to figure out how to pronounce it, and one thing that came to
mind was "zoo noses."

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Joyce

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Yes, that word does look like zoo noses! LOL I'm not really worried about
this because I'm not prone to getting the flu. I just thought it was an
interesting article.

Jill

On Mon, 08 Oct 2012 22:12:01 +0100, Jack Campin
wrote:

I had no idea we can give our cats the flu!
http://tinyurl.com/9yrdtlh

Something else I read in a textbook on allergy medicine: about 10%
of dogs and cats are allergic to people (with the same symptoms as
human allergy: usually asthma and eczema).

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I wonder what they would be allergic to. We're allergic to the dander
that comes from the saliva and is spread when they clean themselves. I
can't speak for everyone but I rarely lick myself all over. (insert
joke about licking other folks here)

Forget trying to look this up on internet. Anything linking people
pets and allegies are all one way.

Jack Campin wrote:
I had no idea we can give our cats the flu!
http://tinyurl.com/9yrdtlh

Something else I read in a textbook on allergy medicine: about 10%
of dogs and cats are allergic to people (with the same symptoms as
human allergy: usually asthma and eczema).

LOL! (In some cases, so am I!)