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Swine Flu Fact Sheet

The National Pork Board has developed a new fact sheet on swine influenza virus (SIV).

“INFLUENZA: People, Pigs and Public Health” is written by Christopher W. Olsen, SIV expert at the University of Wisconsin. It addresses a variety of issues about the virus including safety for pork producers and employees and its zoonotic characteristics.

The Web link is www.porkscience.org/documents/Other/PUBLICHEALTH%20influenza.pdf.

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