The herd of pigs infected with swine flu in Alberta, Canada, seems to have been infected by a worker farm who had recently returned from Mexico with flu-like symptoms. As these were the first pigs ever found to house the virus, which obviously raises the possibility that infected humans and played a role in the origin of the epidemic.
According to a May 6 "status report" issued by the European Centre for Prevention and Disease Control, Canadian veterinary officials sent an updated report of the European Commission with new information farm worker. "The report says the Canadian entrepreneur, working with the herd of swine, developed a flu-like illness after travel to Mexico, but negative for influenza A (H1N1) after recovery," the report of situation. "Two weeks after returning from this contractor, pigs on this farm evidenced fever and loss of appetite particular, no mortality, and tested positive for influenza A H1 subtype." The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) quarantined the farm, which was initially reported that 220 of 2,0 swine herd infected with the virus.
science Insider had arranged an interview yesterday with the veterinarian Jim Clark CFIA, and was abruptly canceled this morning, 10 minutes before the scheduled time. "Due to a scheduling conflict, Dr. Jim Clark, our spokesperson on the case of swine flu, will be unable to meet the media this morning," wrote agency spokesman in E-mail.
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