00:00Bird flu continues to spread rapidly around the world wreaking havoc on our
00:04planet's avian populations and more recently infecting mammals like seals
00:08and dairy cows. Now for the first time the H5N1 virus has been detected in a
00:13pig in the US. The pig was first identified on October 29th in Oregon
00:18less than a week after a chicken was found to have the disease on the same
00:21farm. The US Department of Agriculture released a statement after the diagnosis
00:25explaining that the farm is a non-commercial operation and the animals
00:29were not intended for the commercial food supply. Adding that there is no
00:33concern about the safety of the nation's pork supply as a result of this finding.
00:37The H5N1 positive pig as well as four others on the farm were all euthanized
00:41to prevent the illness spreading to other pig populations or perhaps other
00:45species. Because farm equipment, housing areas and water sources are often shared
00:49between animals on farms, the one in question has now been quarantined. This
00:53is just the latest case of avian flu jumping to mammals. Something health
00:57officials say is concerning. The more mammals bird flu infects, the more
01:00chances it has to mutate. Possibly making it more suitable for human transmission
01:05and causing another pandemic.
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