For once it appears we have an answer to the question that I've often received: Do cats and dogs get our cold or flu? I've asked my own doctors before and had a lot of noncommittal answers. But recently the AVMA reported that a 13-year old cat in Iowa developed a respiratory infection after several people in the house had been sick. The cat has since recovered and the test results for the H1N1 virus were confirmed in early November. There is still no evidence that cats can pass the infection to humans.
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