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About 500 hogs have been culled on a pig farm in central Alberta where the herd was found to be infected with the new swine flu virus.
Authorities in Edmonton said the decision to cull the animals came after discussions between the producer and federal and Alberta officials.
They said it was the best course of action for the welfare of the herd and that it eased overcrowding conditions on the farm.
The entire herd of 1,700 pigs remains under quarantine. Health officials said because of the quarantine the producer was unable to ship hogs to market and as a result the farm had reached maximum capacity.
Meanwhile, Alberta recorded four more cases of swine flu Saturday to bring the total of confirmed illnesses in the province to 46.
The Alberta Health website said two children and two adults have tested positive for the new H1N1 virus, but have experienced only mild symptoms.
The two children are a boy and a girl from the Calgary area. The two adults are women from the Edmonton area.
The girl had contact with a traveller to Mexico, but the boy did not, while the travel history of the two women is unknown.
The news comes one day after health officials in Alberta confirmed the death of a woman in the northern community of Gift Lake was associated with swine flu.
There are more than 250 confirmed cases of swine flu in Canada.
http://www.cbc.ca/canada/edmonton/story/2009/05/09/edm-four-more-swine-flu.html
Authorities in Edmonton said the decision to cull the animals came after discussions between the producer and federal and Alberta officials.
They said it was the best course of action for the welfare of the herd and that it eased overcrowding conditions on the farm.
The entire herd of 1,700 pigs remains under quarantine. Health officials said because of the quarantine the producer was unable to ship hogs to market and as a result the farm had reached maximum capacity.
Meanwhile, Alberta recorded four more cases of swine flu Saturday to bring the total of confirmed illnesses in the province to 46.
The Alberta Health website said two children and two adults have tested positive for the new H1N1 virus, but have experienced only mild symptoms.
The two children are a boy and a girl from the Calgary area. The two adults are women from the Edmonton area.
The girl had contact with a traveller to Mexico, but the boy did not, while the travel history of the two women is unknown.
The news comes one day after health officials in Alberta confirmed the death of a woman in the northern community of Gift Lake was associated with swine flu.
There are more than 250 confirmed cases of swine flu in Canada.
http://www.cbc.ca/canada/edmonton/story/2009/05/09/edm-four-more-swine-flu.html