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FuNkY CaPrIcOrN

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posted Thu Nov 5 11:47 am	32468 posts · tenured: jun '04	Delete Edit
H1N1 flu strikes cat from Iowa Dogs will be next. It is the end of the world as we know it!

Kool Jerk

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posted Thu Nov 5 12:27 pm	17792 posts · tenured: Jul '05	Delete Edit
Now we have t vaccine all the cats and dogs. We'll never have enough. We could start getting the swine flu from dogs and cats. I think it was the monkey that started Aids.

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Parvati

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posted Thu Nov 5 2:55 pm	2155 posts · tenured: Jan '06	Delete Edit
Isn't that how they explained the Planet of the Apes? A plague kills all the dogs and cats forcing humans to use apes as pets. Training them to perform task and evolving them further than nature would have. It's starting! I'll try not to cough on my critters from now on.

Zzzzzzzz

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posted Fri Nov 6 10:30 pm	53 posts · tenured: Jul '09	Delete Edit
Ok, now this shit is just getting rediculous!! Seriously!! Death to Pig Flu!

ArtByAlida

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posted Sat Nov 7 2:08 pm	6 posts · tenured: Aug '09	Delete Edit
I find this story so hard to believe. They have to do a four day test in a petri dish to find out if it's H1N1 in humans. I don't believe this story whatsoever. I just don't believe a vet would order an expensive test for a cat with flu symptoms. You can't believe everything you read on the internet. Iowa State University offers a canine test, but does not offer a feline test. I have emailed them asking if the story is really true. They have not a word about it on their website. Edited Sat Nov 7 @ 02:26 PM

JennTheMermaid

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posted Mon Nov 9 11:39 am	29816 posts · tenured: Jan '04	Delete Edit
Why is it so hard to believe? Are you an infectious disease analyst or a biologist? It's no big secret that viruses can spread between species. There are about 1233977704 places you can read about it. Start here: It's not rocket science...

ArtByAlida

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posted Tue Nov 10 5:10 pm

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It might not be rocket science...but why test a cat for H1N1?
Have they ever done it before?
Is this the first instance?
Why spend money on getting a cat tested for H1N1?
When there are healthcare problems for people?
I guess the university paid for it as a research tool.

Just curious.
Iowa State answered my question...in a way.
I am waiting on the results of asking an M.D. about the type of testing they did.

It may not interest you, but somebody's tax dollars paid for that test, I am sure.
Or, was it from a patient?

They don't advertise feline testing, only canine.

Must be a new thing.

I wonder if any dogs showed up with it?

Hey, it's a viral pneumonia caused by some type of immune system "storming" and affecting the lungs.

I just don't want to see people start running their cats to a vet.

There have been a few instances of cats being euthanized in a whole shelter because of a virus going around which causes flu like symptoms.

I wonder if it was H1N1?

Hmmmm....
(WebMD pushes drugs, by the way. I don't believe everything I read there.)

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Parvati

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posted Tue Nov 10 9:44 pm	2155 posts · tenured: Jan '06	Delete Edit
It might not be rocket science...but why test a cat for H1N1? Why test any animal for any condition? To find out why it's sick so it can be treated properly. Cats are routinely euthanized in groups at shelters when it is discovered they have FIV That's the kitty equivalent of HIV. Cat panleukopenia, is another illness that will cause a mass euthanasia of cats. It's also called Cat Distemper. There are several other illnesses too. Before you go and start picketing the waste of taxpayers money, you might want to champion a different cause other than one that might actually affect human health somewhere down the line. My guess is the owner paid for the test anyway.

ArtByAlida

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posted Tue Nov 10 11:33 pm	6 posts · tenured: Aug '09	Delete Edit
Sorry if I question stories which run around the internet. But, Iowa advertises canine tests for H1N1 and not feline. I just find it odd they even considered testing a cat for H1N1. There is no vaccine nor cure for the cat. All they can do is hope it survives. I got my answer about what sort of test they used and it was the expensive lab test which is not the Rapid Testing they are using for people. The only people who get such an advanced test are those who are very very very ill and may need hospitalization. I guess that cat got better care than most Americans. Regards.

Parvati

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posted Wed Nov 11 1:57 pm	2155 posts · tenured: Jan '06	Delete Edit
I just find it odd they even considered testing a cat for H1N1. There is no vaccine nor cure for the cat. When they find out it's H1N1 they can quit looking for other causes for the illness and allow it to run it's course. They can then also keep an eye out for secondary infections possibly caused by the flu like pneumonia. Which happens to be the same reason they test people.

ArtByAlida

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posted Thu Nov 12 10:39 am	6 posts · tenured: Aug '09	Delete Edit
The Rapid Tests for humans only tells if it's an "A" virus, not H1N1. And the tests are not very good. They get a great deal of false positives and negatives. Basically the Rapid Tests are a waste of money. The only test which is 99% right is the test which takes about 4 days to get the results back. My blog about the swine flu test. If they test every cat which displays the symptoms of the flu, just imagine the cost to cat owners. I do believe they did it more to see if cats get H1N1.

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