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Pig Industry News by Topic
News by Topic: Pig Health
Thursday, November 17, 2011
SI Virus Discovered in Mainland Pigs at HK Abattoir HONG KONG - A new swine flu virus with human genes has again been found in mainland pigs at a Hong Kong slaughterhouse.
Thursday, February 17, 2011
Novel H1N1 Found in Few HK Pigs; no Reassortment HONG KONG - The Centre for Food Safety (CFS) says that seven pigs tested positive for human pandemic H1N1 flu betweem November 2010 and January 2011 on routine surveillance but reports that no significant...
Monday, August 09, 2010
No Sign of A/H1N1 Virus in HK Pigs from May-July HONG KONG - Hong Kong's Center for Food Safety (CFS) Friday (6 August) announced that no A/H1N1 influenza viruses nor any reassortant of viruses were detected in samples from pigs taken during May to ...
Monday, July 05, 2010
Flu Virus Reassorted with Pandemic H1N1 Virus HONG KONG - The University of Hong Kong isolated the virus A/Swine/Hong Kong/201/2010 from one sample taken from a pig on 7 January 2010 during routine surveillance at the local slaughterhouse.
Friday, June 18, 2010
Study: Pandemic Virus Enters Pigs, Swaps Genes HONG KONG - The H1N1 flu virus has been spreading quietly in pigs in Hong Kong and swapping genes with other viruses, and researchers said the findings support calls for tighter disease surveillance in...
Wednesday, May 12, 2010
No Gene Re-Assortment Found in HK Pork Sample HONG KONG - A pork sample taken from Sheung Shui Slaughterhouse of the New Territories in January tested positive for the A/H1N1 influenza virus, according to the University of Hong Kong's surveillance...
Tuesday, January 12, 2010
Hong Kong Discovers Pigs With H1N1 Virus HONG KONG - Five samples from pigs tested positive for the influenza A H1N1 virus at a Hong Kong slaughterhouse last month.
Friday, December 11, 2009
H1N1 in HK: Consumers Assured of Pork Safety HONG KONG - A nasal swab sample taken from a pig at a local farm on 26 November has tested positive for H1N1 influenza, the Agriculture, Fisheries & Conservation Department confirmed today.
Thursday, November 05, 2009
Human H1N1 Flu Virus Found in Pork Samples HONG KONG - Two pork samples taken from Sheung Shui Slaughterhouse on 22 October have tested positive for human H1N1 flu, the Food & Health Bureau says.


