As per World Organization for Animal Health, Dr Nagaraju said swines are the only species susceptible to the swine flu virus. “The disease has acute and chronic forms, and can range from severe with high mortality rate to mild or even unapparent. In the acute form of the disease, there is fever, huddling of sick animals, loss of appetite, dullness, weakness, conjunctivitis and constipation followed by diarrhoea and an unsteady gait,” stated the veterinary doctor.
