Six Pigs Test Positive for H1N1

Final testing has confirmed that six pigs from the Minnesota State Fair have contracted swine flu – three more than initial testing indicated. The United States Agriculture Department said on Thursday that follow-up tests confirmed the presence of the H1N1 virus, commonly known as swine flu, in six samples taken from pigs at the Minnesota State Fair as part of a university research project.

These tests confirm the first case of pigs contracting swine flu in the United States. Officials say that the pigs showed no signs of sickness, and believe that they contracted the virus from some of the nearly two million people that visited the fair. The USDA has stressed that swine flu cannot be contracted by eating pork products.

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