Swine flu not linked with today's pigs

Tuesday, April 28, 2009 - 09:49 in Health & Medicine

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind., April 28 (UPI) -- A Purdue University veterinarian says flu viruses are named for the first animal in which they are found; the current swine flu was discovered in pigs in 1930.

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