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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
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Edward Helmore

Two California house cats die from bird flu as three more appear to be infected

a person holding test tubes
Los Angeles public health officials ‘strongly encourage residents to avoid consuming raw milk and to not feed it to their pets’. Photograph: Dado Ruvić/Reuters

Health officials in Los Angeles are investigating three household cats presumed to have bird flu, as officials confirmed the disease in two other cats who drank recalled raw milk and died.

The Los Angeles county department of public health confirmed two fatal cases of H5 bird flu in cats on Wednesday. The two felines had consumed raw milk linked to Raw Farm, a dairy in Fresno, California, that was subject to a recall of raw milk and cream products last month.

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