Thursday June 25th, 2009 / 18h27
BUENOS AIRES -(Dow Jones)- A pig in Argentina has tested positive for the H1N1 flu, or swine flu, the director of the animal health and sanitation service Senasa said Thursday.
The animal has recovered but hogs from surrounding areas are being tested for signs of the disease, Jorge Amaya told local news channel C5N.
As no outside animals had been moved into the area recently, Senasa is working on the theory that the pig was made sick through contact with an infected human, Amaya said.
Argentina has been one of the most seriously affected countries in South America by the flu.
The government is considering taking sweeping measures to control the disease. About two dozen deaths have been attributed to the disease, which appears to be spreading rapidly in the midst of the southern hemisphere's winter.
-By Shane Romig, Dow Jones Newswires; 54-11-4103-6738; shane.romig@dowjones.com
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