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When Edward Cullen had the spanish inflienza is that like the Swine Flu and is ti coutagous?
The Spanish Influenza; is a flu in Spain I guess it could be like the Swine Flu... in a way that theree was no cure for the influenza epidemic but no, swine means pigs
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 able to infect humans, see the related questions area below for the answer to what caused the 2009 pandemic flu.
Is a guinea pig concidered a potbelly pig as well?
Guinea pigs aren't related to pigs in any way except for the name. Guinea pigs are rodents, farmyard pigs are not.
Will guinea pigs eat teddy bear hamsters?
No, guinea pigs are vegetarians, and are unlikely to be interested in the hamster in any way.
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 techniques after touching the swine or their habitat.
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 in this case also birds are in very close physical contact, such as in a barn or barnyard. When you look at it this way, and since humans are responsible for keeping them in over crowded conditions, you might more correctly say that Humans are bad for starting the swine flu by keeping them all too crowded.
Where does the wild pig live?
Pigs can live in any productive habitat that can provide enough water to sustain the pigs. By the way, the wild pigs' scientific name is Sus Scrofa.
Do pigs urinate through their hoofs?
No. they urinate the same way any other animal does.
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 that happened to be able to go from pigs to people. Pigs are physiologically very similar to people and that allowed the virus to change a pig flu to be enough like human flu that people were able to catch it. There is no indication that the virus was hybridized by humans for any purpose and all research points to the process of "triple reassortant" within the pigs which viruses can do in more rare situations like this one with the "2009 Swine Flu".
Is the swine flu affecting everyone the same way?
http://www.ehow.com/how_4932177_proactive-swine-flu.html Kathy
Are guinea pigs okay with towels?
Guinea pigs are fine with towels, it doesn't hurt or annoy them in any way. Guinea pigs love soft materials so you should use them especially when cuddling them!
