Bangkok –
Bird flu has jumped to new species in Asia, killing three house cats and infecting a white tiger in Thailand, officials said Friday.
The pet cats in Nakhon Pathom province outside Bangkok are the first domesticated mammals known to have contracted the disease in the current outbreak.
Meanwhile, word came this week that a milder strain of bird flu virus, known as H7, was detected and isolated on a British Columbia farm, prompting Japan, Singapore and Hong Kong to place temporary bans on poultry imports from Canada, officials said.
Source: http://www.globeandmail.ca/servlet/story/RTGAM.20040220.wbird0220/BNStory/International/
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