The media has been accused of sowing confusion among members of the public and in the process causing loss among farmers over the true origin of what it describes as swine flu.
The chief veterinary officer in the Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Water Resources, Dr. Joseph Nyager, told THISDAY, that the so-called swine flu is a human disease and not that of pigs; as it is being portrayed.
“What we call swine flu is actually a misnomer,” Nyager said. “It is actually know as H1N1. Why do I call the term a misnomer? It is because when you call it swine flu, people tend to associate it with pigs. But this is a disease of human beings.”
Read more (All Africa/This Day, Nigeria)
Filed under: Animal Diseases, Emerging Diseases Tagged: H1N1, Livestock, Nigeria, One Health, swine flu