A swift spread of bird flu amongst pigs in China now looks unlikely, claimed the Office International des Épizooties (OIE), the world animal health organisation.

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It has unveiled Chinese government tests on 4,447 tests on pigs between April and August from ten provinces, including Fujian where a pig was found with the duck-derived H5N1 strain.


“No (further) infection has been detected in pigs”, said the OIE. It added: “The above findings do not at this stage indicate any major evolution regarding H5N1 infection in pigs”.


This good news has been countered by a World Health Organisation announcement that the disease has jumped species again, to domestic cats, in Thailand.

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