Spanish flu virus in 1918 replicated in pigs

Spanish flu virus in 1918 replicated in pigs

Although this is an earlier in the year article, I add this to show ppl they were messing with this stuff before the pandemic. Many have said the 1918 flu is very much like this years flu.
http://www.pigprogress.net/news/spanish-flu-virus-in-1918-replicated-in-pigs-id2902.html

Spanish flu virus in 1918 replicated in pigs 01 May 2009
A Kansas State University researcher has found that the virus causing the Spanish influenza pandemic in humans in 1918 was able to infect and replicate in pigs, but did not kill them, unlike in other mammalian hosts like monkeys, mice and ferrets where the infection has been lethal.
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Juergen A. Richt, Regents Distinguished Professor of Diagnostic Medicine and Pathobiology at K-State's College of Veterinary Medicine, studied the 1918 Spanish flu pandemic with colleagues from the Canadian Food Inspection Agency, US Department of Agriculture and Mount Sinai School of Medicine.

In 1918 this human influenza virus spread through the central USA while a swine respiratory disease occurred concurrently.