Ronan Kelly
Retired 2020
H1N1 swine flu found in UK poultry
12 January 2011 | By Alistair Driver
THE swine flu virus, H1N1, has been found in poultry for the first time in the UK.
The virus was discovered during a routine disease investigation in turkeys on a farm in Cheshire.
While a notifiable avian flu disease was ruled out, a strain of H1N1 influenza ?closely similar to the human pandemic H1N1 strain currently circulating? was found.
The relatively new Pandemic H1N1 2009, known as swine flu since it started spreading in humans in 2009, has been confirmed in poultry in other countries around the world, including the USA, Canada, Chile and France. This is the first time it has been detected in poultry in the UK, however.
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http://www.farmersguardian.com/home/latest-news/h1n1-swine-flu-found-in-uk-poultry/36466.article
12 January 2011 | By Alistair Driver
THE swine flu virus, H1N1, has been found in poultry for the first time in the UK.
The virus was discovered during a routine disease investigation in turkeys on a farm in Cheshire.
While a notifiable avian flu disease was ruled out, a strain of H1N1 influenza ?closely similar to the human pandemic H1N1 strain currently circulating? was found.
The relatively new Pandemic H1N1 2009, known as swine flu since it started spreading in humans in 2009, has been confirmed in poultry in other countries around the world, including the USA, Canada, Chile and France. This is the first time it has been detected in poultry in the UK, however.
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http://www.farmersguardian.com/home/latest-news/h1n1-swine-flu-found-in-uk-poultry/36466.article