Saturday, 25 May 2019

PRO/AH/EDR> Mycobacterium bovis - UK (02): (Scotland) cat, pet food origin

Bovine TB -- United Kingdom
A Scottish family had to be tested for tuberculosis (TB) after their cats contracted a strain of the infection that can be passed to humans. [NT], 43, from Kirkintilloch, had been feeding her cats the wild venison flavour of Natural Instinct pet food, which is being investigated by Food Standards Scotland over a possible link to TB in cats. Her beloved tabby, Jax, was ill for 9 months before he was diagnosed with the bovine strain of TB, and sadly he passed away in March [2019]. Her older cat,

Read more about it at HealthMap Global Disease Alerts via http://healthmap.org/ln.php?6487459&promed&0

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