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2nd H1N1 flu virus infection of pigs confirmed in Japan
1/20/2010, 6:00 a.m. EST
The Associated Press (AP) ? TOKYO, Jan. 20 (Kyodo)-The H1N1 strain of influenza virus has been detected in some pigs at a farm in Yamagata Prefecture, making it the second confirmed swine infection with the virus in Japan, following the first case last October in Osaka Prefecture, the farm ministry said Wednesday.
The Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Ministry said it asked the farm's operator not to move pigs out of the facility, and suggested the virus may have been transmitted by a human.
Eating properly cooked meat from an infected pig will not cause human infection as the virus is sensitive to heat, according to the Food Safety Commission.
http://www.silive.com/newsflash/inte...=international
1/20/2010, 6:00 a.m. EST
The Associated Press (AP) ? TOKYO, Jan. 20 (Kyodo)-The H1N1 strain of influenza virus has been detected in some pigs at a farm in Yamagata Prefecture, making it the second confirmed swine infection with the virus in Japan, following the first case last October in Osaka Prefecture, the farm ministry said Wednesday.
The Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Ministry said it asked the farm's operator not to move pigs out of the facility, and suggested the virus may have been transmitted by a human.
Eating properly cooked meat from an infected pig will not cause human infection as the virus is sensitive to heat, according to the Food Safety Commission.
http://www.silive.com/newsflash/inte...=international
