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EH, ME 07/05/2023, 10:49 |update: 11:17

In the studies, we have not shown that cats have been infected with the bird flu virus in recent weeks through infected meat from Polish poultry, virologist Prof. Laboratory of Virology at the Małopolska Center of Biotechnology of the Jagiellonian University Krzysztof Pyrć.

– A press material has been published which suggests that the results of research conducted by our scientific teams have shown that cats have been infected with the H5N1 bird flu virus in recent weeks through contaminated meat from Polish poultry. I wanted to say that this is not true, we have not proven it - said prof. Pyrć from the reproduced recording during Wednesday’s press conference at the Ministry of Agriculture.

He added that only one of the five food samples that have been tested has been shown to contain both nucleic acid and infectious H5N1 virus.

However, this does not mean that the poultry was the source of the infection. However, it actually indicates that this path should be very well examined by the relevant services, so as to ensure not only safety for animals and people in Poland, but also safety for the poultry industry, so as to avoid both image and economic losses in the future he stressed.