Page 11 of articles about influenza

The OIE has reported on a source of 2009 H1N1 flu detected at the end of April 2009 in a swine herd situated in the municipality of Colon, in the Mexican state of Queretaro. The outbreak was considered as finished during the month of May 2009.

The World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) has confirmed the first case of H1N1 in Germany's swine herd.

The A/H1N1 2009 influenza virus has been found for the first time in a commercial swine herd in Italy.

Pigs on a farm in Norfolk have been confirmed as positive to H1N1. This is the sixth case of pandemic H1N1 2009 influenza virus, following earlier cases in Northern Ireland.

China had lifted import bans on pork products from the United States, Canada and Mexico, the country's top quarantine authorities said Tuesday.

The World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) has confirmed the first case of H1N1 in Finland's swine herd.

The Ministry of Agriculture officially declared on 23 November 2009 that an outbreak of pandemic influenza A/H1N1 occurs in pigs.

Swine at a slaughterhouse in Heilongjiang province tested positive for the virus last Thursday, the Ministry of Agriculture revealed over the weekend.

In Norway there is an ongoing outbreak in pigs of infections with pandemic influenza A(H1N1)v virus. The first herd was confirmed positive on 10 October 2009. As of 26 October, a total of 23 herds have been diagnosed as positive.

This interim guidance is issued with the goal of preventing the spread of this novel virus or any other influenza (flu) virus from people to pigs and from pigs to people. These recommendations are for people who work with pigs in the commercial production (farm) setting.

EU Member States endorsed today at SCoFCAH a guidance document on control and surveillance measures to protect pigs against the H1N1 influenza virus. The veterinary services should focus efforts on timely detection of the H1N1 virus by means of targeted surveillance and sustainable movement controls once virus enters pigfarms.

AFSSA scientists have developed a technique for identifying the new human 2009 A/H1N1 influenza virus and distinguishing it from the influenza viruses which are normally found in pigs and poultry.