{"id":7612,"date":"2025-02-20T22:56:05","date_gmt":"2025-02-20T22:56:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/dairy-workers-may-have-passed-bird-flu-to-pet-cats-cdc-study-suggests\/"},"modified":"2025-02-20T22:56:05","modified_gmt":"2025-02-20T22:56:05","slug":"dairy-workers-may-have-passed-bird-flu-to-pet-cats-cdc-study-suggests","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/dairy-workers-may-have-passed-bird-flu-to-pet-cats-cdc-study-suggests\/","title":{"rendered":"Dairy Workers May Have Passed Bird Flu to Pet Cats, CDC Study Suggests"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- ItShrt World News -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"1882483372\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-0\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Two dairy workers in Michigan may have transmitted bird flu to their pet cats last May, <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cdc.gov\/mmwr\/volumes\/74\/wr\/mm7405a2.htm\" title=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">suggests a new study<\/a> published on Thursday by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">In one household, infected cats may also have passed the virus to other people in the home, but limited evidence makes it difficult to ascertain the possibility.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The results are from a study that was scheduled to be published in January but was delayed by the Trump administration\u2019s pause on communications from the C.D.C.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">A single data table from the new report <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/02\/06\/health\/cdc-bird-flu-cats-people.html\" title=\"\">briefly appeared online two weeks ago<\/a> in a paper on the wildfires in California, then quickly disappeared. That odd incident prompted calls from public health experts for the study\u2019s release.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-1\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The new paper still leaves major questions unanswered, including how the cats first became infected and whether farmworkers spread the virus to the cats and to other people in the household, experts said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">\u201cI don\u2019t think we can say for sure if this is human-to-cat or cat-to-human or cat-from-something-else,\u201d said Jennifer Nuzzo, director of the Pandemic Center at the Brown University School of Public Health.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Officials in Michigan began investigating two households last May when exclusively indoor cats showed respiratory and neurological symptoms and, after death, tested positive for the virus, called H5N1. The officials interviewed the cats\u2019 owners and household members and offered to test them for the virus.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The owners of both cats were dairy workers. The first farmworker did not work with cows directly, and the farm was not known to have infected herds. But the worker reported that many of the barn cats on the farm\u2019s premises recently died. The worker also reported having experienced vomiting and diarrhea before the first household cat became ill.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The second farmworker reported being splashed in the face and eyes <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/12\/05\/science\/bird-flu-milk-dairy-h5n1.html\" title=\"\">with milk and experiencing eye irritation<\/a>. Both workers declined to be tested.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-2\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">\u201cThis study provides yet more concerning evidence that farmworkers with high-risk exposures may refuse testing,\u201d Dr. Nuzzo said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">\u201cIn order to protect people and stay ahead of this virus, we need to remove disincentives for patients to get tested,\u201d she added. \u201cPeople should not fear that testing positive will cause financial distress or other personal harms.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">In the household of the first farmworker, the first cat to become ill showed decreased appetite, lack of grooming, abnormal gait and lethargy, and quickly deteriorated. She was euthanized on the fourth day of illness.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">A second cat in the household developed watery eye discharge, rapid breathing and decreased appetite four days after the first cat became ill. This cat recovered and was not tested for the virus. A third cat had no symptoms and tested negative for the virus 11 days after the first cat became ill.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Neither the cats nor the humans in the household drank unpasteurized milk. How the cats might have become infected is unclear, but experts said that the farmworkers were likely to have become infected with H5N1 at their workplace and to have brought the virus home to their cats.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-3\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">\u201cIf you love your cat, you probably give it head kisses if it lets you,\u201d said Kristen K. Coleman, an infectious disease researcher at the University of Maryland.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Three people in the household \u2014 an adult and two adolescents \u2014 tested negative for H5N1. Six days after the first cat became sick, one of the adolescents became ill with a cough, sore throat and body aches, and the other reported a cough that was attributed to allergies.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">But because the adolescents were tested late \u2014 11 days after the first cat became sick \u2014 it was not impossible that they became infected with H5N1 that they picked up from the cats, Dr. Coleman said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Later in May, a pet cat in the second household developed severe neurological symptoms, including anorexia and minimal movement, and died within a day; the cat tested positive for bird flu after its death.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The cat\u2019s owner transported unpasteurized milk, including from farms with known bird flu outbreaks. According to the study, the owner \u201cdid not wear personal protective equipment (PPE) while handling raw milk; reported frequent milk splash exposures to the face, eyes and clothing; and did not remove work clothing before entering the home when returning from work.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-4\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The cat that became ill was known to \u201croll in the owner\u2019s work clothes,\u201d the study noted.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Virus in raw milk splattered on those clothes may be the source of infection in the cat, said Dr. Keith Poulsen, the director of the Wisconsin Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">\u201cAt this point, I think the higher risk is their exposure from raw dairy products,\u201d he said. \u201cThere\u2019s so much virus in the milk.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Of 24 veterinary staff members who were potentially exposed to the infected cats, seven reported symptoms such as nasal congestion and headache. Only five agreed to testing; all were negative.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Dr. Coleman recommended that veterinarians remain alert to the possibility of bird flu infections when they see sick cats. \u201cPet owners should not have to rely on postmortem sampling to get a diagnosis,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- ItShrt World News -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"1882483372\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<br \/><a 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