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H1N1 and your pets.

4 The Love Of Animals

According to theASPCA dogs have little chance of contracting swine flu. Although it was previously believed that cats were also safe, a cat in Iowa has now tested positive for the 2009 H1N1 influenza virus. Pet pigs may contract swine flu. Ferrets and birds may develop swine flu, or other human flu viruses.

Swine Flu 100
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From Today's New York Times

Animal Ethics

To the Editor: Re “Officials Point to Swine Flu in New York” (front page, April 26): Dare we ask why this happening [sic]? Edward Machtinger San Francisco, April 26, 2009 The writer is an associate professor of medicine and director of the Women’s H.I.V. Program, University of California, San Francisco.