The recent detection of avian influenza A (H5N1) in a pig on a small farm in Oregon, United States, has raised significant ...

H5N1 influenza has now been detected in pigs. This was something virologists had been worrying about ever since this highly ...

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The detection of H5N1 avian influenza (bird flu) in a pig on an Oregon farm has again raised concerns specifically among ...

H5N1 bird flu virus has been found in a pig in the U.S. for the first time, raising concerns about potential risks to humans.

The USDA and Oregon veterinary officials are investigating bird flu cases in a backyard farming operation that had a mix of ...

A bird flu virus has jumped one species closer to a human outbreak. The H5N1 bird flu was detected in a pig in Oregon, the ...

Swine can act as so-called “mixing vessels” for human and bird flus, giving avian viruses an opportunity to adapt for spreading in people.

Although H5N1 has been found in many mammals in the U.S., an infection in a pig could have bigger implications for humans.

The USDA National Veterinary Services Laboratories confirmed that this was the "first detection of H5N1 in swine" in the U.S. "The livestock and poultry on this farm shared water sources, housing and ...

He said the three roaming pigs were large, although one was small enough to go under fences and conceivably could have ...