Tag: swine flu
CDC confirms flu cases from Butler County Fair match H3N2v swine...
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) confirmed Aug. 2 that nine of 10 suspected influenza cases in Butler County have tested positive for the H3N2v swine flu strain.
China reopens market to U.S. pork
WASHINGTON -- China gave official notice May 14 that it is accepting shipments of U.S. pork.Pork produced on or after May 1 now can...
H1N1 flu virus in pigs — is it a big deal...
It's the threat of recombination of the flu virus in commercial pig populations that concerns scientists.
USDA conducting confirmatory testing of H1N1 in U.S. swine
WASHINGTON -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture National Veterinary Services Laboratories will be conducting confirmatory testing on swine samples collected at the 2009 Minnesota...
Veterinarians at high risk for viral, bacterial infections from animals
AMES, Iowa -- The recent H1N1 influenza epidemic has raised many questions about how animal viruses move to human populations. Potential route One potential...
H1N1 flu didn’t start on Mexican hog farm
MEXICO CITY — According to Mexican officials, there is no outbreak of Influenza A (H1N1) at any farm in the country. Mexico’s Secretary of...
Explaining H1N1 virus origin is difficult, protecting you and livestock is...
I'm sure we have not heard the last of the H1N1 virus or related gene reassortments. But it's not the time to panic. It's the time to use your head and common sense.
Producers should maintain herd health amid swine flu outbreaks
SALEM, Ohio — The strain of swine flu suspected of sickening dozens of people in the United States and killing more than 150 in...
U.S. pork supply is safe; this swine flu not spread by...
Pork council races to stop any misunderstanding of the swine flu and impact on the nation's pork supply.
Swine flu has avian flu genes
AMES, Iowa - Researchers have identified a new strain of swine influenza - H2N3 - which belongs to the group of H2 influenza viruses that last infected humans during the 1957 pandemic.
