The first case of avian flu in pigs in the USA: what are the consequences?

US authorities recently reported a case involving a pig on a farm in Oregon With bird flu. Since this is the first time this has been discovered in pigs in the USAthere are some concerns that avian flu will become threat to human health. It’s normal, of course.

Facts

The infestation appears to have occurred this Wednesday on a farm in Crook County where various animals (including sheep and goats) share water and are kept. together

factors contributing broadcast between species.

Of course, last week it turned out that the bird was on a farm they had a virus and the trials of our day have found that one in five pigs also became infected. This ‘cocktail’caused all the alarms to go off.

in quarantine

As expected, the farm was quarantined and five pigs were slaughtered so they could be run more tests

. Department US Agriculturegiven this panorama, stated that “there’s no worry“About the safety of pork supplies to the country.

Although it is true that this No The fact that bird flu was found in a pig does not raise concerns that the virus could spread and pose a real threat to American society, he explained. Jennifer Nuzzoresearcher pandemic from Braunen University in “AP”.