• Gakomi@lemmy.world
    link
    fedilink
    arrow-up
    0
    ·
    6 months ago

    Why did thy torture pure cats for a study that proves something knew for years cause I’m pretty sure everyone knows that milk from cows should be boiled before sold and even if you buy it you still boil it after just to be sure at least in my country they did this for at least 100 years!

    • tearsintherain@leminal.spaceOP
      link
      fedilink
      arrow-up
      0
      ·
      edit-2
      6 months ago

      In case you are being serious, and didn’t read the article. Cats were not made to drink infected milk. They were found infected with H5N1 on a farm after drinking raw milk from cows.

    • Mouselemming@sh.itjust.works
      link
      fedilink
      arrow-up
      0
      ·
      6 months ago

      These were farm cats living with the cows to catch mice that eat cow food.

      Most cats don’t digest cow milk well, but it’s common for cats on dairy farms to consume some milk, so maybe they self-select for lactose tolerance.

      Anyway, they got sick and the farmer’s vets tried to help them. It wasn’t an experiment.

    • Floey@lemm.ee
      link
      fedilink
      arrow-up
      0
      ·
      6 months ago

      That’s not what happened? Also why is a cat pure but not a cow? Hell, if we applied human morals to other animals, cows are probably much better on average.