Unlike the ferrets, infected pigs in this small study did not transmit virus to uninfected pigs, either through direct contact or by air. All the infected ferrets and pigs showed mild signs of ...

Other models that have been used to study the influenza virus include the guinea pig, Syrian hamster, chinchilla, hedgehog, chicken, and rat 1. However, apart from the ferret, mice and certain ...

The scientists detail how a swine flu virus currently circulating in Korea — without apparently making the pigs sick — quickly changed into a deadly flu virus when it was put into ferrets.

All three caged ferrets became infected with H7N9 ... Don’t start worrying about a pandemic just yet; the same test applied to pigs revealed that swine failed to transmit H7N9 through either ...