Avian flu virus found in pigs in Bali
October 7th, 2006
A research project from a group of students at the Udayana University in Bali has discovered traces of the bird flu virus in several disease pigs, between the months of May and June 2006. Out of a number of 20 pigs studied, two were tested positive for the H5N1 virus. A closer look is taken into the case, but it is said the pigs could not be cured by a series of medical treatment. Subsequent study only found traces of the highly pathogenic virus in some tissues of the pigs. The research has not yet been made public as a scientific study, but the case has been sent to the Bali Breeding Service.