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Pig genome research could help humans

Reuters – U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) researchers say that new analysis of the pig genome has revealed new similarities between pigs and humans that could potentially advance biomedical research significantly. A USDA release says additional findings from the study, reported Nov. 16 in the journal Nature, may also lead to better breeding strategies, improved
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Ontario man contracts H1N1 variant after contact with pigs

Reuters – An Ontario man has been infected with an H1N1 variant influenza virus after having had close contact with pigs. “I would like to reassure Ontarians that this variant influenza virus rarely spreads from animals to humans,” said Arlene King, Ontario’s chief medical officer of health. “Subsequent human-to-human transmission is also rare. I would
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Pork Sector Assesses H1N1 Damage

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“H1N1 has been another poster child for active, ongoing risk management.” If there was any lingering doubt of the huge economic and psychological blow dealt to the pork industry in the wake of H1N1 influenza, it was quickly erased for those attending the Banff Pork Seminar, a leading seminar for the pork industry held annually
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Swine Workers Encouraged To Get H1N1 Flu Shot

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“Vaccination of swine workers may reduce the likelihood that H1N1 flu will be introduced into barns.” – DR. WAYNE LEES The Manitoba government is telling people who work directly with pigs to get the H1N1 flu shot. In a recent letter to the Manitoba Pork Council, the province recommended the move, not just to guard
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Pandemic H1N1 Hits Commercial U. S. Herd

The pandemic H1N1 influenza virus has been found for the first time in a commercial swine herd, the U. S. Agriculture Department said Nov. 2. The sick herd was found in Indiana, the USDA said, noting both the pigs and their caretakers have fully recovered from the virus, commonly called swine flu. USDA said the
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USDA Finds More Show Pigs With H1N1 Flu Virus

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Six pigs shown at the Minnesota State Fair last month have been confirmed as having had the pandemic H1N1 flu virus, the U. S. Agriculture Department said Oct. 29. The USDA said it is running confirmatory tests on samples from another six pigs that tested positive for the virus during preliminary tests. Some of those
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Get Your H1N1 Flu Shot

Turkeys on a farm in Ontario have become infected with the H1N1 flu virus, but no birds or eggs from the farm entered the food supply, provincial government officials said Oct. 20. The infection poses minimal risk to human health, Dr. Arlene King, Ontario’s chief medical officer of health, said in a news conference in
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H1N1 Was In Pigs For Years: Study

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“This lineage has been circulating under the radar for the better part of a decade.” – MICHAEL WOROBEY Ever since the H1N1 flu virus emerged earlier this year, pork producers have objected to its commonly used name: swine flu. Producers argue the virus is about people, not pigs, and the term is unfair to themselves
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USDA Tries To Speed New H1N1 Flu Vaccine For Hogs

The U. S. Agriculture Department is trying to speed the development of an H1N1 flu vaccine for hogs by providing two master seed viruses to five veterinary vaccine makers, Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack said Sept. 10. The new pandemic flu strain, a mix of human, avian and swine vi ruses of ten referred to as

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