KANSAS CITY (Reuters) - Humans have it. Pigs don't. At least not yet, and U.S. pork producers are doing everything they can to make sure that the new H1N1 virus, known around the world as the "swine flu," stays out of their herds.
Farmers Fear Pigs May Get "swine" Flu From People
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Fri, 05/01/2009 - 5:15am
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