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Seasonal flu shots are recommended to help limit spread of flu viruses between people and livestock. (Inside Creative House/iStock/Getty Images Plus)

Another swine flu variant case appears in Manitoba

Variant of H3N2 confirmed in southern Manitoba resident

By Dave Bedard, GFM Network News June 23, 2021

A single and apparently isolated case of another influenza variant normally seen in hogs has turned up in a Manitoba resident, the province announced Monday. Manitoba Public Health on Monday said the H3N2 influenza variant (H3N2v) seen in this case is related to flu viruses that circulate in pigs, noting that while such viruses don’t

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Manitoba identifies human case of H1N1v and H1N2v

In both cases the sufferers recovered relatively quickly with no lingering effects

By Manitoba Co-operator Staff May 3, 2021

Provincial officials say they’re investigating and monitoring two cases of variant flus in the southern part of the province. The chief public health officer and the chief veterinary officer announced a positive human case of both H1N1v and H1N2v. These cases are separate of one another and are not related. There is no evidence at

(Stephen Ausmus photo courtesy ARS/USDA)

Livestock

Risk of human spread of H5N8 bird flu deemed low

Seven people infected but asymptomatic, WHO says

By GFM Network News, Stephanie Nebehay February 26, 2021

Geneva | Reuters — The risk of human-to-human spread of the H5N8 strain of bird flu appears low after it was identified for the first time worldwide in farm workers in Russia, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Friday. A separate influenza strain, H1N1, that emerged from pigs and spread rapidly worldwide among humans

File photo of piglets at a hog operation in China. (KuLouKu/iStock/Getty Images)

Hogs, Livestock

Chinese researchers warn of new virus in pigs with human pandemic risk

By GFM Network News, Reuters June 30, 2020

Shanghai | Reuters — A new flu virus found in Chinese pigs has become more infectious to humans and needs to be watched closely in case it becomes a potential “pandemic virus,” a study said, although experts said there is no imminent threat. A team of Chinese researchers looked at influenza viruses found in pigs

Chicks atop images from a genetic map of a chicken. (Peggy Greb photo courtesy ARS/USDA)

Livestock

Gene-edited chickens planned in bid to halt next pandemic

By GFM Network News, Kate Kelland January 22, 2019

London | Reuters — British scientists are developing gene-edited chickens designed to be totally resistant to flu in a new approach to trying to stop the next deadly human pandemic. The first of the transgenic chicks will be hatched later this year at the Roslin Institute at the University of Edinburgh in Scotland, said Wendy

Livestock

Poultry at risk for avian flu during migration

By GFM Network News, Manitoba Co-operator Staff April 29, 2016

Cases of avian flu in commercial poultry in the U.S. and Mexico earlier this year are believed to have come from wild birds, which are now migrating north for the season, the Canadian Food Inspection Agency warned Friday. Avian influenza spreads when wild birds come into contact with commercial/small flocks, the agency said, urging producers

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Tag Archives H1N1

Another swine flu variant case appears in Manitoba

Manitoba identifies human case of H1N1v and H1N2v

Risk of human spread of H5N8 bird flu deemed low

Chinese researchers warn of new virus in pigs with human pandemic risk

Gene-edited chickens planned in bid to halt next pandemic

Poultry at risk for avian flu during migration

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