Dr. Conor Brady discusses TB outbreaks in cats linked to raw feeding. Out of 4,000 cats fed during the same period, only 11 got sick. Edinburgh University researchers found a possible genetic trait that makes some cats more susceptible, and the strain has caused no human deaths.
There was a little bit of a release by Cat the Vet, yet another dig at raw feeders. There's been some cat outbreaks with TB and a little bit of— there's probably an ingested source, yet undefined. Speaking to Edinburgh University, there does seem to be a genetic trait towards susceptibility. We end up with people panicking And out of the nearly 4,000 cats that were fed in the same period, we currently only have 11 that have come down with illness. Bigger question comes, relative risk, you know, you're infinitely more likely to die of eating lettuce than you are dying of TB contracted from your cat. A person has died of E. coli on lettuce. Nobody's died of TB of this particular Sirovar.
