The Veterinary Services of Canada announced on Saturday, 2 May 2009 that a pig farm in Alberta, Canada had been infected with the “A/H1N1 virus”. The infection is probably linked with the entry of a carpenter having worked at the farm. The carpenter had flu symptoms after a short stay in Mexico. He has now recovered. More investigations are still ongoing.

Some pigs at the farm went off feed and showed respiratory symptoms. The Canadian Veterinary Services decided immediately to put the farm under quarantine. The sampled pigs tested positive to the“A/H1N1 virus”. It was a mild disease and the pigs have now recovered.