Talk:Avian influenza in cats

Instructor Review
Your references and in text citations are excellent, as is your article organization and style. I suggest the following improvements:

(i) Explain that H5N1 is a subtype of Avian Influenza. You link out to Avian Influenza Wikipedia article, but there is also a H5N1 article (although it is a bit messy - feel like editing?).

(ii) The sentence before "Studies with cats" you state that the virus is not adapted to mammals, but cats are mammals so I am not sure what you meant. Do you mean that the virus is not well adapted to transmission between mammals? Just clarify your meaning.

(iii) The first sentence of "Studies with cats" you state some statistics, but the sentence is unclear. I am not sure if 1.8% of the cats tested had active H5N1 infection and less than 2.8% had antibodies indicating prior infection? Please clarify.

That is it for now! We need to categorize this article as well. S L Seston (talk) 20:29, 2 May 2013 (UTC)

Peer Review on 5/6/13
Hi Acorn Drains Cans,

The following are a few suggestions for your article. Some are nit-pickier than others.

1. In the intro, you have the sentence "Because of where the virus..." I am unsure if this means the location geographically or the location on the cat itself. You could say "because cats are the preferred model animals to study..." but specify what you mean when you say location.

2. You could unbold the "studies done with cats" section, or bold all other section titles for consistency.

3. You could place the symptoms section earlier in the article, serving as background information before you go into studies.

4. You could re-word the header "studies done with cats" to "studies involving cats" or "H5N1 cat studies"

5. Get rid of extraneous stuff at the end in the sentence "another study to test..."

6. In the sentence "there have been studies looking at the T cells, specifically CD4 and CD8, in the cat once the virus has taken place" under "studies done with cats," you could put "specifically CD4 and CD8" in parentheses and eliminate the commas.

7. "Prevent and treat" header could be "treatment and prevention"

I know, nit-picky, right?

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