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Title: Jeez..Now the poor pigs are catching swine flu from humans. Post by: WB2YGF on May 02, 2009, 09:12:38 PM http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/2009-05-02-canada_N.htm?
Canada: Pigs found with swine flu virus OTTAWA (AP) — Pigs on a Canadian farm have been infected with the new swine flu virus — apparently by a farm worker back from Mexico — and are under quarantine, officials said Saturday. It is the first known case of pigs having the virus. But officials quickly urged caution. Swine flu regularly causes outbreaks in pigs, and the pigs do not pose a food safety risk, Dr. Brian Evans, executive vice president with the Canadian Food Inspection Agency, told a news conference. The officials said the pigs in the province of Alberta were thought to be infected by a Canadian farm worker who recently visited Mexico and got sick after returning to Canada. The traveler has recovered, and the estimated 200 sickened pigs are recovering as well, officials said. No pigs have died, and officials said they don't think the flu has spread beyond the farm. Normally, detecting influenza in pigs would not generate a response from food safety officials, but the current circumstances are different with the international flu outbreak, Evans said. Title: Re: Jeez..Now the poor pigs are catching swine flu from humans. Post by: WB2YGF on May 02, 2009, 09:30:02 PM Looks like the Canadian pigs are the lucky ones... AMfone - Dedicated to Amplitude Modulation on the Amateur Radio Bands
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/8030611.stm Egyptian authorities have begun in earnest the slaughter of 300,000 pigs, in what was originally described as a precaution against swine flu. |