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Thread #120511   Message #2624032
Posted By: Q (Frank Staplin)
04-May-09 - 02:06 PM
Thread Name: BS: Updates - swine flu WHO-CDC-NIH-HLS-HSS
Subject: RE: BS: Updates - swine flu WHO-CDC-NIH-HLS-HSS
My link to the article on evolution of H1N1 failed- I put an l instead of an i.
Evolutionary History H1N1

Emma B, a good article.

Pig farmers in Canada can't sell to China, which has banned import, and U. S. may ban pig import from Canada this week. Canada is no. 3 behind U. S. and European Union in pig production. Price has to be Can$1.30 for pig production to be profitable, and it has dropped to $1.17. Canadians can stock up on cheap pork as the current crop of pigs is marketed; many will be killed and dumped because of lowered demand.
Alberta pigs have recovered from their sniffles, but the 2300-pig farm where the virus showed up is still under quarantine. An employee returning from Mexico is blamed.