Pigs in Minnesota May Have H1N1 Virus
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Pigs in the Midwestern state of Minnesota may have tested positive for the H1N1 virus in a preliminary test, the first potential U.S. cases in swine.
Agriculture Department officials cautioned that further tests were needed to confirm that the pigs had been infected with H1N1. Officials said that the pigs did not exhibit signs of sickness and may have been exposed to a group of children who had contracted the swine flu virus.
Samples from the pigs that may have tested positive were collected at the Minnesota State Fair between Aug. 26 and Sept. 1. USDA officials did not say how many pigs may have tested positive.
Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack said testing is under way and results should be available in a matter of days. He said the USDA is working with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
AP Agriculture Department officials cautioned that further tests were needed to confirm that the pigs had been infected with H1N1. Officials said that the pigs did not exhibit signs of sickness and may have been exposed to a group of children who had contracted the swine flu virus.
Samples from the pigs that may have tested positive were collected at the Minnesota State Fair between Aug. 26 and Sept. 1. USDA officials did not say how many pigs may have tested positive.
Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack said testing is under way and results should be available in a matter of days. He said the USDA is working with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
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Gosh ... I guess I jumped to a conclusion a little too quickly ....
I was assuming they meant members of Minnesota's Repub party .... -----------------
LMAO.....me too!
"The KIDS gave it to the pigs." - erasmus
Actually, H1N1 is SWINE FLU. It comes from pigs.
Yes, I know. Actually I think that I read that the swine flu is the combination of the bird flu and swine flu. I also thought that in this outbreak that it didn't start with the pigs.
But in this case the kids gave it to the pigs. The same thing happened here in Canada. In Alberta, some kids gave it to the pigs.
Can't kids ever keep their germs to themselves?
I was assuming they meant members of Minnesota's Repub party ....