Indoor pets such as cats, birds, dogs, ferrets and pot-bellied pigs that live in close proximity to someone who is sick with influenza-like illness can be at risk.
Released January 19, 2010
STILLWATER, Okla. – Since early September 2009, the H1N1influenza A virus has been prominent in the news.
Early in the pandemic, biosecurity guidelines to limit the spread of this influenza virus from ill animal handlers to pigs were issued since the genetic make-up of the virus includes a swine component, said Dr. Carolynn MacAllister, Oklahoma State University Cooperative Extension veterinarian.
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