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Colorado State University's Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory will begin testing samples from pets submitted by veterinarians for H1N1 after a small number of companion animals have tested positive for the flu.

Although we previously thought of influenza virus as primarily species specific, the news this past week that a pet cat in Iowa tested positive for the H1N1 virus, also known as swine flu, changes that.

What's so weird about birds eating birds? We eat other mammals, don't we? The second one... is quite fucked up.

We are now heading towards winter in the northern hemisphere and that means cold weather and often snow.

It looks like we are safe from getting H1N1 Swine Flu from our pets and exotic pets but they are not safe from us.

Q: Can my pets be infected with H1N1? A: Regular readers of this column may recognize that this question was asked several months ago as part of a series of questions on H1N1, or "swine flu." However, the answer to the question has changed in the past month.

Illinois may be miles away from the Florida panhandle where remnants of Hurricane Ida made landfall this morning.

Water bottle or bowl, keep it clean. Don't let other people cough or sneeze on your pets .,, and don't nuzzle them if you're sick.

Maluku's Kembali Bebas Avian Centre is alive with native parrots, cockatoos, cassowaries and even little kangaroos.

Canadians have been lining up across the country to get an H1N1 flu shot, but it may not be just themselves and their family members they have to worry about when it comes to contracting the virus.

A family in Rockville is dealing with a fire-ravaged home and the loss of almost two dozen pets after a blaze ripped through their house early Tuesday morning.

Share + Oct 29, 2009 11:05 pm US/Eastern Is your pet at risk for H1N1 flu? According to a local veterinarian, most pet owners don't need to worry, but it depends on what kind of pet you have.

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Charlie, the Bare-Eyed Cockatoo looks like he loves having his picture taken in this jigsaw puzzle.

CHICKEN rustlers nabbed a clutch of beloved pet birds from an allotment. Catalina Tate was devastated when she discovered six of her precious chickens had been stolen from their coop overnight.

Some experts expect that the second wave of swine flu will hit B.C. around this time.

MinnPost photo by Sharon Schmickle A pig from among ones like these at the Minnesota State Fair has been confirmed as the first U.S. case of "swine flu" in pigs.

A carbon monoxide scare forced residents out of a Vernon apartment building Friday night.

USDA's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service is inviting amateur and professional photographers to enter their best poultry or pet bird photos in the Biosecurity For Birds calendar photo contest.

A fire broke out at a house on Hemlock Drive in Farmingdale in the early hours of Oct.