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Date: Mon 30 Nov 2009
Source: Reuters [edited]
USA finds pandemic H1N1 virus in turkey flock
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The pandemic H1N1 flu virus was confirmed in a flock of breeder
turkeys in Virginia -- the 1st US case involving turkeys, the US
Agriculture Department said on Monday [30 Nov 2009].
The virus also has been found in hogs, 3 house cats, pet ferrets, and
a cheetah in California [presumably a zoo animal who caught it from
its keeper -- cheetahs are native to Africa. - Mod.JW]. USDA said
infections of turkeys have been reported previously in Canada and Chile.
"This is the 1st detection of 2009 pandemic H1N1 influenza in turkeys
in the United States," said a USDA spokesperson. "There is a
possibility that a worker, who was sent home ill with flu-like
symptoms, could have infected the turkeys as a result of the
artificial insemination processes, as the worker was a member of the
insemination crew."
USDA said people cannot get the flu from eating [properly cooked]
turkey meat. [Other] swine flu viruses are known to affect quails and
turkeys periodically, said USDA. USDA's Agricultural Research Service
conducted 2 studies this year to see if the H1N1 pandemic virus could
affect turkeys or other domestic fowl. 5 turkey samples collected in
mid to late November [2009] contained the virus.
[Byline: Charles Abbott]
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Communicated by:
ProMED-mail
[One almost gets the feeling that H1N1 is a case of seek and you shall
find. If we look for the disease in animals we might find it. It also
seems with this disease that those companion animals that are becoming
infected have had contact with a human that has been ill or has been
around someone that has been ill.
It is notable that this is the 1st case of H1N1 in turkeys in the USA.
- Mod.TG]
[The state of Virginia can be seen on the HealthMap/ProMED-mail
interactive map of the US at
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