CORVALLIS, Ore. — State health officials say a cat from the Linn County city of Lebanon died from the swine flu.

Officials say the 10-year-old male apparently caught the virus from a human family member who had been sick.

The cat was brought to a clinic on Nov. 4 and died three days later.

An Oregon State University lab confirmed it had swine flu.

The Oregonian newspaper reports the cat is believed to be the first feline in the nation to die from a confirmed case of swine flu. Others with the illness have recovered.