Yes, they can. This is particularly unfortunate from their point of view as not only does it mean they can become ill through contact with humans, they're also used in laboratory experiments to find cold and 'flu remedies.
So, if you have either a cold or the 'flu, try to handle your ferret as little as possible, wash your hands thouroughly when you do handle them and don't hold them up near your face. Whatever you do, do not give the ferret cold or 'flu remedies intended for use by humans - many contain aspirin and other medicines which are fatal to ferrets.
It is known that ferrets have caught the pandemic Swine Flu H1N1/09 from their sick owners, so they are susceptible to the specific virus. Therefore, it is likely that they could also catch it from a pig if the pig has the exact same 2009 pandemic swine flu. Most types of the flu that the pigs get are different from the pandemic H1N1, however, and it is unlikely that they would get the "ordinary pig flu" from a pig, since usually animals of different species don't get the same types of the flu. However, it is perhaps possible for ferrets since we know they can get the H1N1/09 flu. If you have sick pigs, I'd keep the ferrets away and I'd keep my hands washed well after any contact with the sick pigs so I wouldn't pass virus particles on to the ferrets.
No, ferrets do not get colds, however they can catch influenza virus (flu)
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Yes pigs and birds can die of swine flu (H1N1). With the pandemic swine flu of 2009, H1N1/09, there were various animals, besides humans, birds and poultry, and pigs, which were known to have had it, such as dogs, cats, ferrets, and one cheetah.
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Pigs are no more to blame for swine flu than humans are for the common cold.
1. Yes because their is pigs in the school which have flu .2. The pigs swine and have flu.
No, but they can become sick with it.
It is possible but not probable except for people who work directly and regularly with swine and sometimes turkeys.
There have not been any reported cases of swine flu in rabbits, although several other mammals besides humans can get H1N1/09. Examples of some of the species in addition to humans that do get it are: swine/pigs, dogs, cats, poultry, and ferrets.
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Swine Flu is a new strain of flu that originates from pigs and can travel to Humans. It started in Mexico
Swine flu began in China. Pigs (swine ) live with humans thus "swine" flu mutated and transferred to humans.
Update: There have now been cases of swine flu found in pet dogs, pet cats, pet ferrets, and domesticated turkeys as well as in humans and pigs. Humans and perhaps pigs. Although the Novel H1N1 Influenza is a new strain without enough known about it yet, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and World Health Organization (WHO) speculate that it could be transmitted not only human to human but also human to pig and back again.