For first time, US detects H5N1 bird flu in a pig at Oregon farm

CHICAGO, Illinois: The U.S. Department of Agriculture says that a pig on a backyard farm in Oregon is the first confirmed case of H5N1 bird flu in swine in the country.

Pigs can spread bird flu more quickly because they can become co-infected with bird and human viruses, which could swap genes to form a new, more dangerous virus that can easily infect humans.

The USDA stated that the Oregon case does not