by Cathy Holding
RESEARCH ROUND-UP	How cats catch bird flu Email: Cathy Holding - cathy.holding@absw.org.uk News from The Scientist 2004, 5(1):20040903-03 Published   3 September 2004

Cats can catch avian influenza HN51 by eating infected birds, and can pass it on to each other, according to a report published in Science this week. But experts are divided over the threat posed to humans by the discovery.

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