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There are reports of cats getting the Swine Flu from their sick owners during the H1N1/09 pandemic. Since kittens, like human children, are more susceptible to infectious disease until their immune systems fully mature, it is likely that kittens can get at least some types of influenza from owners too.
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∙ 11y agoSome types of flu can be given to your pets when you are ill. During the swine flu pandemic there were known cases of pet dogs, cats, ferrets, and birds catching the flu from their owners. It was also known to have infected pigs, turkeys, other fowl and a captive cheetah.
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∙ 14y agoYes, cats can catch the flu, but not exactly the same flu that people get; there is such a thing a feline influenza.
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∙ 13y agoInfluenza C and B can only affect humans, but some types of influenza A virus can infect animals, especially birds.
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∙ 10y agoCats can't get chickenpox. Chickenpox is a virus that is only contagious to humans and a few primates.
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How do animals spread Swine Flu?
Not all animals can get the types of flu that people get. Only a few types of animals have caught swine flu. There are different kinds of swine flu, not all of which people or other types of animals can catch. Some animals that have caught swine flu H1N1/09, the pandemic flu of 2009, are cats, dogs, ferrets, poultry and birds. But those that do catch swine flu spread it the same way people spread the flu to each other, through respiratory droplets from sneezes and coughs (this is why you should cover your mouth with a tissue or your elbow if you sneeze or cough). They also can get the flu by coming in contact with flu virus particles that have been released and are on surfaces that they touch. Most domesticated animals that did get the pandemic flu lived very closely with humans, like pet ferrets, dogs and cats living in people's homes while they were sick with the flu.
What are the three animals where the Swine Flu evolved?
well it started with the avion flu which mixed with swine flu (the origoinal non-human effecting) then with human flu
Is hamster flu a real flu?
No. But hamsters may be able to catch flu and other viral infections from people and from other animals.
Can animals be cured of Swine Flu?
Most animals are able to fight it off like most people are. There is a vaccine for pigs for one type of swine flu but it is not the same as the pandemic swine flu vaccine.
What animals carry bird flu?
none
Is the Swine Flu deadly to animals?
Yes pigs and birds can die of swine flu (H1N1). With the pandemic swine flu of 2009, H1N1/09, there were various animals, besides humans, birds and poultry, and pigs, which were known to have had it, such as dogs, cats, ferrets, and one cheetah.
Who can get the virus the flu?
Anyone exposed to the virus can potentially become ill. In addition to humans, many animals have a type of flu they can get, too.
Are swine flu symptoms in animals the same as humans?
Only pigs.
What is the definiton of a flu that originates in animals and infects humans?
Diseases passed to humans from animals are called zoonoses.
What are some diseases that animals and people share?
Swine Flu, or H1N1 ,lymes disease,
Where could you get the flu?
You can get it any place where people are, and sometimes where certain animals are (such as birds with Avian "bird" flu). It would be possible but unlikely that the flu would be with people in space since they are so well evaluated before leaving the earth, but other than that, where there are people, there can be flu viruses.
What are 3 animal flu's?
All animal influenzas are variants of the same virus (Influenza A), but adapted to specific species or classes of animal. The main variants of it are bird, human, swine, horse, dog and cat 'flu's.
