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bird flu

well a cat can get it if it eats an infected bird, so....? :? Although rabbits don't eat birds (sorry that was a bit obvious :p ) it's also carried in the bird droppings.
 
I would expect the chances of a rabbit catching it are similar to those for a human in the UK, ie extremely low the way things stand at present, since bird flu has not yet mutated into human (or rabbit) form.
 
humans CAN catch bird flu if handling infected birds or in contact with their droppings - so could a rabbit I guess - Human to human infection has not yet developed - The mutation that is feared is a mutation that will enable the virus to go from person to person to person, thus causing an epidemic.
 
elve said:
humans CAN catch bird flu if handling infected birds or in contact with their droppings - so could a rabbit I guess - Human to human infection has not yet developed - The mutation that is feared is a mutation that will enable the virus to go from person to person to person, thus causing an epidemic.
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BUT the chances, at present are very small. It really isn't something people should get worked up about as it stands.
 
:lol: oh I ain't worked up - but she did ask if a rabbit could catch it - and it can - A cat died of it in Germany. You have to handle the birds or their droppings, which is obviously more a cat kind of thing than a rabbit, unless it shared it's enclosure with some migratory birds who happened to have it. Not very likely really.
 
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