Bird Flu Found in Cats in Asia; Sales of Rat Meat Rocketing
San Smey, 4, eats a piece of roasted rat in the provincial town of Battambang, 181 miles northwest of the capital Phnom Penh February 19, 2004. With meat-eaters shying away from chicken because of the deadly bird flu virus rampant across Asia, sales of ra
BANGKOK (Reuters) - Two domestic cats in Thailand have died of the same bird flu that has killed at least 22 people in Asia, a veterinarian said on Friday, a day after Canada announced its first case of a different strain of the virus.
The discoveries have alarmed scientists, who now fear the disease can spread as easily between species as it has between countries.
