Officials have announced that they have discovered pigs in Canada which are infected with the swine flu virus (which is also known as the A-H1N1 virus). The interesting thing about this case of swine flu infecting pigs is that officials believe that the virus was originally transmitted from a human to a pig, and was then spread to multiple pigs.

According to the veterinarian who examined the herd of pigs in question, it appears that only ten percent of the pigs are showing swine flu symptoms. Of the pigs who have shown swine flu symptoms, they tend to return to normal and cease exhibiting any symptoms after only two to three days.

In spite of having confirmation of the virus being in select pigs, Canada has stated that there is no reason to slaughter any of the animals. This is in stark contrast to Egypt, which mandated that all three to four thousand pigs in the country were slaughtered last week, despite the fact that there had no been a single confirmed case of the swine flu virus in Egypt (either in pigs or in humans).

In response to the announcement that there have been pigs in Canada with the swine flu virus, Keiji Fukuda (who is the acting assistant director-general of the World Health Organization) announced that there has been no further outbreaks of the swine flu in pigs.

Additionally, China also responded to this announcement by banning any pork to be imported from Alberta, Canada. This was done as a precaution to prevent the spread of swine flu in China.