Raw milk kills cats in texas

[trudy1]

A cluster of cats on a Texas dairy farm died after drinking raw milk from dairy cows affected with bird flu, according to a report from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).


The felines developed "fatal systemic influenza infection" after drinking the unpasteurized colostrum and milk from cows that tested positive for the virus.
Initally, the cats developed signs of sickness that included "a depressed mental state, stiff body movements, ataxia (impaired coordination), blindness, circling and copious oculonasal discharge," the report said

 

[maggie101]

Thanks for the info! Texas is known to have the most birds in the US except for California. I can't imagine ever drinking a cows milk since they are around mud,grass,birds that eat flies on their back,etc

 

[trudy1]

Yep, that’s wh pasteurization. We have dairies in the Midwest that still sell it but to me the health risks are too great these days

but at my age I can still remember when raw milk was the norm