A bird flu scare leads to a nationwide pet food recall. A house cat in Oregon died after eating Feline Turkey Recipe raw frozen pet food which tested positive for the virus.
The food was made by Northwest Naturals which is distributed in Georgia and other states. The company is advising people to throw away the product and to contact the store where they bought the food for a refund.
“We are confident that this cat contracted H5N1 by eating the Northwest Naturals raw and frozen pet food,” Oregon Department of Agriculture State Veterinarian Dr. Ryan Scholz said in a Tuesday news release. “This cat was strictly an indoor cat; it was not exposed to the virus in its environment, and results from the genome sequencing confirmed that the virus recovered from the raw pet food and infected cat were exact matches to each other.”
The Associated Press contributed to this story.