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A 13-year-old Iowa cat has been infected with swine flu, veterinary and federal officials said, in what's believed to be the first case of the H1N1 virus in a feline.

A warning for pet owners after U.S. health officials now confirm H1N1 is moving from humans to household pets.

Veterinarians Jay and Valerie Holt say they had to move from Las Vegas to a 3-acre spread 55 miles northeast of the city because Jay wanted a camel.

For the first time, a cat has been infected with H1N1.

The whole genome sequence of the domestic horse has been completed by the genome-sequencing center of The Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, in collaboration with an international team of researchers that includes scientists at the University of California, Davis.

Name: Stripe Age: 3 Neighborhood: Barbourmeade Owner: Amy Linton In the owner's words: Stripe was a little ham.

A Garland family is homeless after their house was destroyed by fire on Thursday.

A dog's shooting death on Wednesday has deputies investigating in Clay County.

The H1N1 flu virus has been confirmed in a cat treated at the Iowa State University College of Veterinary Medicine.

We're not the only ones getting swine flu . The H1N1 flu, a pandemic in humans, was diagnosed in an Iowa cat this week, and he's not the only domestic animal to come down with swine flu.

A caring West Yorkshire dad died from a freak injury after being bitten by his pet dog during a playful game of fetch.

An Artesia man faces animal cruelty charges after shooting and killing his neighbor's pitt bull after the dog kept getting loose and coming into his yard.

A CREMATORIUM for pets will not be added to kennels in Worcestershire. The owner of Brookend Kennels in Stocks Lane, Leigh Sinton, Malvern, had hoped to offer an extra service to incinerate household pets such as cats, dogs, rabbits, hamsters and birds as an aside to his business.

The 2009 H1N1 flu virus has caused mass concern around the country. This virus which has previously been shown to have affected humans, pigs, birds and ferrets has now crossed into our feline population.

The swine flu virus has been confirmed in a cat treated at the Iowa State University College of Veterinary Medicine.

Burkina Faso is to supply its entire population with six million mosquito nets after research has shown many of the mosquitoes in the country have developed resistance to insecticides.

Police are investigating the apparent poisoning of three pet dogs and the discovery of a mysterious white powder found sprinkled over meat placed in their yard.

Paper is often wasted. Maybe you use both sides of a sheet of paper, use the backs of your mail envelopes for grocery lists or reuse newspaper to wrap gifts.

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.