Northwest Naturals pet food tested positive for the bird flu and had a genetic match with a cat that died after consuming it.
An indoor cat died after consuming Northwest Naturals’ two-pound Turkey Recipe Raw and frozen pet food that tested positive for the bird flu is being recalled after a house cat consumed it and died. Northwest Naturals’ two-pound Feline Turkey Recipe was found to be contaminated with the H5N1 strain of the Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza virus, according to the Oregon Department of Agriculture on Thursday.
‘We are confident that this cat contracted H5N1 by eating the Northwest Naturals raw and frozen pet food,’ stated ODA State Veterinarian Dr Ryan Scholz. ‘This cat was strictly an indoor cat; it was not exposed to the virus in its environment, and results from the genome sequencing confirmed that the virus recovered from the raw pet food and infected cat were exact matches to each other.’ The cat’s owners are being monitored by health officials for bird flu symptoms.
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