OTTAWA — Pigs at an Alberta farm caught the same swine flu strain that has sickened hundreds of humans around the world, federal officials said Saturday.
A farmhand who travelled to Mexico and fell ill upon his return apparently infected the pigs with the H1N1 influenza virus, said David Butler-Jones, Canada's chief public health officer.
“So far, basically what we're seeing in the pig is the same strain as we see in the humans,” Mr. Butler-Jones said.
“The concern is that if it's circulating in a pig herd, that any other humans that come onto the farm might be exposed and be at risk.”
It's believed to be the first known case of pigs catching the swine flu virus from humans.
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