Are pigs and swine different in any way?
no swine and pigs are the same thing swine is just the proper name for a pig hope i helped ! ! ! !
Can you get the Swine Flu from a pig?
Yes, certain strains of Swine Flu can go from pig to pig, human to human, and pig to human or human to pig. If it is the right type of flu that has been mutated in the pigs, then it can be passed that way. The US CDC and World Health Organization are giving those in close proximity to pigs advice to be very careful when with the swine and to practice good hand washing…
Is there an at home way to test pigs for Swine Flu?
No, as of now there are no commercial kits available to test for swine flu at home. The current method of identifying influenza in swine by diagnostic laboratory testing is by using PCR or ELISA, both of which require expensive equipment or expensive reagent in addition to an operator with biochemistry background and education. Pigs are most often diagnosed with influenza based on their symptomology, the same as are humans.
How was the Swine Flu caught off of a pig?
The people who originally caught the type of swine flu that pigs get, caught it the same way as the regular seasonal flu is caught among people, through contact with the virus that caused the flu in the sick pigs in their respiratory droplets from the pig's sneezes and coughs. That is the mechanism of infection of all types of influenza viruses. If you are asking more how the swine flu virus from pigs became…
Can humans get Swine Flu?
Yes, but how likely they are to get it depends upon the type of swine flu virus. There are different viruses or strains of viruses that are called "swine flu". The original name for the kind of influenza that pigs get was "swine flu" in the US. Pigs usually get this from other pigs. Humans usually don't get it unless they are in very close proximity to infected pigs as might occur on pig farms…
Are pigs bad for starting the Swine Flu?
No, they didn't do it on purpose. They just got sick with the kind of swine flu they usually get but then that flu mutated together with the bird flu and some human flu strains into the Novel H1N1 (2009 Swine flu). Because pigs are very similar physiologically to humans, their genetic material was easier to change into a strain of flu that humans can get. This can only typically happen when pigs, humans, and…
What is the difference between H1N1 and Swine Flu?
Today, because of the pandemic, the terms are both sometimes used interchangeably to mean the 2009 Swine Flu of the Pandemic. But, more appropriately, that virus should be called the "A-H1N1/09 Influenza" (or "Influenza A, Novel H1N1 virus"; "H1N1/09 Pandemic Flu"; or "2009 Swine Flu"). "Swine Flu" is also a name that has been used more generally (historically) to talk about an animal flu that was first identified in the 1930's and was known to…
Was Swine Flu invented to promote socialized medicine?
No. Viruses have existed since life has been on Earth. They mutate quickly and take bits of genetic material from living things to use to have duplicates of themselves created, with mutation, they can become infective to different species, although that is not the typical way they work, usually they don't cross from one animal to another. The Swine Flu virus, Novel H1N1, combined in one mutation to create a new virus never seen before…
What causes swine flu?
It is caused by a virus that originated in pigs (swine) but has changed itself to be infective to humans. Eating cooked pork products is perfectly safe. As always, use safe handling techniques with all raw meats. Swine flu is a virus that originally infected only pigs and they spread it from one infected hog to other hogs. Because pigs are physiologically very similar to humans, when they have been living closely with humans, some…