January 21, 2010

Japan confirms second AH1N1 infection in pigs

The AH1N1 flu virus has been detected in some pigs at a farm in Yamagata Prefecture, making it the second outbreak in Japan, following the first case last October in Osaka Prefecture.

The Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Ministry said it asked the farm's operator not to move pigs out of the facility, and suggested the virus may have been transmitted by a human.

Eating heat-treated meat from an infected pig will not cause any human infection, the ministry added.