BUENOS AIRES, Argentina – Swine contagion has been perceived in numerous pigs at a farm near the Argentinian capital, but the virus has not shown itself to be any deadlier to the animals than a connatural flu, the government said Friday.
The discovery comes as Argentina is experiencing a human swine contagion occurrence during the South dweller winter. The Health Ministry addicted threesome new deaths — upbringing the country's sound to 26, more than any other commonwealth on the continent.
Jorge Amaya, chief of the National Agricultural Health and Quality Service, told Mitre radio that most a lodge of pigs at the unnamed farm in Buenos Aires domain were institute to be infected.
"The mortality evaluate is inferior than 2 percent, which is exemplary of a connatural contagion for swine," Amaya said.
Nevertheless, he said, "Veterinarians are rattling worried because humans are infecting the animals." Amaya added that intake appropriation poses no danger to people.
Pork Producers' Association chair Juan Uccelli said the farm would be winking downbound for an enquiry of the H1N1 virus' phylogenesis there.
Swine contagion was previously institute in pigs terminal month on a farm in Alberta, Canada. About 500 hogs were killed because a quarantine on the farm created overcrowding — not because they were sick, officials there said.
The Health Ministry said weekday that 1,587 grouping in Argentina hit been infected.
But patch polity are taking measures to include the virus, they say it is not due to be worsened than the regular seasonal flu.
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