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Doctors say a cat from Ames is the first feline to be diagnosed with the virus.
Two of the three people living with the cat had flu-like symptoms before the cat got sick.
Having little experience with flu-ridden cats, vets are simply using their best judgment about how to treat them. Their best advice so far is to keep sick cats isolated.
"Anytime a cat comes into contact with another cat that has it, it's a possibility they could spread it from cat to cat and there is no vaccine," says Dr. Joe Seng.
To keep your animals from spreading H1N1 to each other-keep in mind how the virus spreads from person to person.
Clean food bowls, keep their paws clean, and keep sick animals away from healthy ones.
It turns out, the same human priority groups-apply to animals.
Dr. Seng says, "The at risk ones are usually the older, the younger, or the pregnant. They'd be about the same."
