Mainz -
In Germany the first time a case of swine flu has become known in a domestic pig. The state of Rhineland-Palatinate Investigation had proved that new H1N1 influenza virus in the animal, the health ministry said in Mainz on Thursday.
"There is no reason to get excited," said Minister Margit Conrad (SPD). Because of the large number of ill people was a finding in pigs on expected sooner or later been. This viral infection is not notifiable. People can not become infected by pork products. Probably the animal was infected by a human.
Researchers at the Friedrich-Loeffler-Institute on the island of Riems had already been found in experiments that pigs are susceptible to the virus. The laboratory mice developed mild flu symptoms such as sneezing, runny nose, fever and diarrhea. At the same time, the team provided evidence of the virus transmission from pig to pig.
The farm with the infected pigs in Rhineland-Palatinate was closed for a short time in order to prevent proliferation. were reports of H1N1 infections in pigs so far including from the U.S., where the virus was detected in one animal at a fair in the state of Minnesota. Previously, the disease already in Argentina and Canada had spread to pigs.
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