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    Update on swine flu in swine -- and now kitty, too

    By Sharon Schmickle | Published Thu, Nov 5 2009 9:37 am

    Remember the pig that tested positive for the H1N1 virus at the Minnesota State Fair? It’s not alone anymore.

    Since confirming that case Oct. 19, U.S. Agriculture officials have said at least four more pigs in Minnesota and South Dakota definitely have the virus.

    No surprise there. It was expected that humans, swine and birds could likely share the virus. What’s intriguing is that other animals also are coming down with the flu.

    Iowa officials confirmed on Wednesday that a cat tested positive for the H1N1 bug, Veterinary Practice News reported online.  Two of the three family members who shared a house with the 13-year-old cat had been sick with flu-like symptoms. All of them recovered, including kitty.

    That’s not all. A pet ferret in Oregon has tested positive. And preliminary tests suggest that four other ferrets in Nebraska may have the virus too. At least one of the Nebraska ferrets died.

    So now you have to worry about your pets as well as your kids and yourself.

    Have a nice day.

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    Scientific Agenda reports on important and interesting developments from the world of science in Minnesota and elsewhere. Coverage includes reports from MinnPost journalist Sharon Schmickle, who has won many awards for her science journalism. She has also taken part in several science fellowships, including the Templeton-Cambridge Journalism Fellowship at Cambridge University in England, the Knight Science Journalism program at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and a Latin American fellowship sponsored by the Council for the Advancement of Science Writing Inc. in New York.




    Scientific Agenda also features material from other sources, including Inside Science News Service, a Washington, D.C.-based news service, which is supported by the not-for-profit American Institute of Physics, a publisher of scientific journals.

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