Sign up to The Irish Times Archive (1859 - 2008)My Account »
Thu 10 Oct 2009Cork piggery named as source of swine flu outbreak
A PIGGERY in Kilworth, north Cork, has been identified as the location of the first case of the pandemic H1N1 swine flu in pigs in the Republic of Ireland.
A report from the Department of Agriculture to the World Animal Health Organisation (OIE) in Paris identified the site as a breeding unit containing 650 sows and 2,400 piglets and weaners.
Choose a Subscription type - required
