Of course they can! The most obvious virus on the list is bird flu, but a different story altogether. The virus that causes illness in dogs and cats is called H1N1. It is a relatively new virus that had a massive impact in many regions of the world recently, but it still hasn’t spread much to pets.
It is still spreading though. H1N1 is currently infecting people in 40 states and three countries. It is also spreading through the air in some cases, and even infecting cats and dogs in other countries.
As you may have guessed, the majority of the infected cats and dogs are apparently dying from the virus. That’s because the disease is extremely contagious and spreads rapidly. If you have your pet in contact with an infected person, they will become infected. It is not known exactly how many people have been infected with the virus, but it is very obvious that it has a huge impact.
The virus is probably spread through close human contact, with infected people touching their pets or sharing toys. In fact, it is said that if you put your furry companion in contact with an infected person, they will be infected. It is not known what the incubation period is, but it is believed to be short enough that pets can be infected before their owners.
The virus has a pretty wide range of symptoms, but the most common is a fever, joint and muscle pains, and a rash. The symptoms usually last a few days, but can last up to a week. People who are infected are not contagious for at least a week and can infect others. It is suspected that cats and dogs can get the disease, but there’s not enough evidence to say for sure.
As I said, I have heard of two other hypotheses about the virus, and neither of them are very convincing. The first is that it’s a mutated strain of the flu virus that has mutated so that it attacks the liver, or that it’s just a common flu virus that happens to be mutated into something else. The second is that cats get the flu in a more serious way than dogs and people.
Well, I guess the first hypothesis is the more likely one, or at least it would be if this was a new strain that didn’t mutate into something more dangerous. But it doesn’t seem to be that. At first I thought maybe it was a mutated strain of the flu virus, but as far as I know, there are no cases of this particular strain being transmitted to humans outside of the US.
The only other case I know of where it mutated was a dog in New York who developed the flu, but that was before the current flu season.
This is why the CDC has so many cats in its shelters. Even though they are not sick, they are still carriers of this particular flu strain. And since cats are just as likely to get the flu as dogs, the cats in the shelters have a much lower risk of spreading the disease.
Yeah, that’s true. The CDC is very conservative in its testing, but there are definitely cases of people contracting the “bird flu” from cats. I’ve had people tell me that they’ve gotten the flu from eating cat food, but I’ve never had that happen. Cat food contains bacteria that could cause the flu, but I’ve never seen or heard of anyone getting sick from it.