United States authorities have recently reported the case of a pig from a farm in Oregon with bird flu. As this is the first time this has been detected in pigs in the United Statesthere is some fear that bird flu becomes a threat to human health. Normal, of course.
The facts
Apparently, the contagion happened this Wednesday on a farm in Crook County, where different animals (also including sheep and goats) share water and are housed. togetherfactors that facilitate the transmission between species.
Of course, it was last week when it was discovered that the farm’s poultry they had the virus and, the tests of these days, have discovered that one of the five pigs had also become infected. This ‘cocktail‘has caused all the alarms to go off.
in quarantine
As expected, the farm has been quarantined and the five pigs have been slaughtered so that they could be carry out more tests. The department of United States Agriculturegiven this panorama, has stated that “there is no worry“on the security of the pork supply in the country.
Although it is true that this No The fact that bird flu was detected in a pig does not raise concerns that the virus could spread and be a real risk to American society, he explained. Jennifer Nuzzoresearcher of pandemics from Brownen University, to ‘AP’.
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