As swine flu fears spread, ag programs protect their pigs

Cal Poly and other facilities are taking steps to keep sick people away from their herds. It's unknown if pigs can catch this flu strain from people, but better safe than sick, they say. The news is not good for pigs these days. They've gotten a bad -- and apparently undeserved -- global rap as the cause of the so-called swine flu. The Egyptians want to kill them all. And as if that weren't enough to make them wallow in the mud, sick people can make them sick.

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