BANGKOK: The deadly H5N1 strain of bird flu has been detected in a leopard, a tiger and two domestic cats in the first confirmed cases of the disease in the cat family, researchers said yesterday.
“This is the first time in the world that we have found bird flu in cats and tigers,” said Therapol Sirinaruemitr from Bangkok's Kasetsart University which tested the animals. “We found the H5N1 virus in the samples.”
