Posted on 01/20/2006 6:30:25 PM PST by neverdem
Definitely not gonna' eat any more cat poop; nossirreebob! Hunh, unh!!!!
Big cull coming down the pike
Cats? Awww jeez. First my chickies, now my kitty. This is getting to be a little worrisome. I asked this one the next thread at
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/1561989/posts?page=1
Do we have a ping list? If not, we need one...
The cats didn't catch it on their own, the scientist gave it to them. Makes a difference.
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2004/09/0902_040902_birdflu.html
The researchers introduced the H5N1 virus into the airways of three cats. Three other cats were fed an infected chick. Finally, two cats were exposed to the virus by being placed in the same cage as the first three cats.
ping.
He did it now; he had to go and say something. How many times have scientists and doctors made statements like this and had to eat their words later?
FReepmail me if you want on or off my health and science ping list.
bump
I post from time to time on it. One of these other folks have a dedicated list I believe.
You'd think being in SE Asia they would have been more careful feeding them chicken carcasses.
Now go convince my dog.
Thanks for that link about tigers in Thailand. I was going to mention that, but saw that you took care of it.
Here you are again misleading people.
From the article you linked to (maybe you didn't read it):
"The researchers introduced the H5N1 virus into the airways of three cats. Three other cats were fed an infected chick. Finally, two cats were exposed to the virus by being placed in the same cage as the first three cats."
Since all of the cats they mentioned were infected, cats can become infected simply by being around other infected cats. Does that mean, "the scientist gave it to them"?
In any event, three of the cats were infected by eating a sick bird. Maybe you don't have much experience with cats, but they tend to like to eat birds - even outside of laboratories.
So had the scientist not infected the cats and then let them in a cage with uninfected cats would the cats have gotten the disease?
My point was to say it hadn't "naturally" gone to cats yet.
Perhaps you aren't clear about how controlled experiments are conducted.
My point was to say it hadn't "naturally" gone to cats yet.
You are wrong again.
Influenza A virus (A/cat/Thailand/KU-02/04(H5N1))
Also, "...domestic cats, captive tigers, and leopards also died from H5N1 viruses... In October 2004, the infection of H5N1 viruses was confirmed in captive tigers at Sriracha tiger zoo in Chonburi Province, eastern Thailand. A total of 147 of 441 tigers kept in the zoo died or were euthanized..." ( Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza H5N1, Thailand, 2004 )
Why are you continuing to spew your misinformation? What is your vested interest?
I know the feeling.
How will I ever survive without my bowl of cat poop in the morning? And how do you eat SOS (Sh@t On A Shingle) without the cat poop?
Can I forego the 'after lunch' wake-up cup of cat poop? Or the ever so tasty cat poop on a stick?
And how will I get my daily dose of Vitamin S? Only cat poop has Vitamin S! (S is for Skippy the Wonder Cat of DOOOM[TM])
I suppose I could switch to dog poop...
:-)
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