Now this is downright strange - man bites pig
From the
Canadian Broadcasting Corporation:
Alberta pigs likely infected with flu from worker: CFIA official
In what would be the first reported case of its kind, a farm worker with the swine flu virus is believed to have infected about 200 pigs in Alberta, a top official with the Canadian Food Inspection Agency said Saturday.
Dr. Brian Evans, executive vice-president of the CFIA, said at a news conference in Ottawa that the pigs were apparently infected by a farm worker who had recently been in Mexico and fell ill upon his return.
The worker returned from Mexico on April 12 and worked at the Alberta farm two days later. He "may have exposed pigs there to the illness," Evans told reporters.
The man has since recovered. The pigs are also recovering and the herd in question has been quarantined, he said. Samples from the infected pigs are being analyzed.
"We have found the virus is the one being tracked in the human population," Evans said. About 10 per cent of the 2,200 pigs at the farm exhibited flu-like symptoms such as loss of appetite or fever, he said.
I know, it's all the bacon jokes -- the pigs are taking revenge. And I bet that revenge would taste better with a couple strips of Bacon.
Mmmmmmm... Bacon...
Posted by DaveH at May 3, 2009 9:28 PM
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