Posted by ☥☥☥ Admin☥☥☥ On November - 4 - 2009
The U.S. Department of Agriculture said Wednesday that pigs in a commercial herd in Indiana have tested positive for swine flu, making it the first time the virus has been found in such hogs.
The USDA said it discovered four tissue samples that tested positive for the virus using its swine surveillance program.
The sample was collected in late October, and the USDA said the pigs as well as the people caring for the animals have recovered.
Last month, tests confirmed that several show pigs at the Minnesota State Fair contracted swine flu, also known as the H1N1 virus
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The USDA declined to say where in Indiana the sick pigs were located.
Agriculture experts expected that swine flu would eventually show up in domestic swine and a vaccine for hogs is being developed but not yet available. News of the virus in pigs came after herd infections in several other countries, including Canada, Australia, Argentina, Ireland, the United Kingdom and Norway.

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Posted on November 5th, 2009 at 7:07 PM