More than a dozen cats sick or dead from bird flu in raw food, FDA reports

Two cats of Joseph Journell, from San Bernardino, California, died from bird flu after they drank raw cow milk. Cleo, center, did not drink the milk and remained healthy. Photograph: Joseph Journell/AP

Bird flu in raw food has killed or sickened more than a dozen house cats across the US, according to the Food and Drug Administration.

In a new statement reported on Tuesday by CBS, the FDA said it was “aware of reports of death or illness associated with uncooked food in 13 domestic cats in eight households, 1 exotic cat in one household, and an unknown number of animals at two sanctuaries for large felids”.