USDA approves flu vaccine for swine

WILLMAR — The U.S. Department of Agriculture has issued a conditional license to Pfizer Animal Health, of Lincoln, Neb., for a pandemic H1N1 influenza vaccine to vaccinate pigs against the 2009 H1N1 influenza virus. This is the first pandemic H1N1 influenza vaccine license issued by USDA.

By: Wes Nelson, USDA Farm Service Agency , West Central Tribune