What is current OIE requirement for export of animals susceptible to pandemic H1N1 2009 virus?
Neither swine influenza nor pandemic H1N1 2009 are OIE listed diseases, the OIE recommends against imposing trade measures such as testing herds from which animals or meat are sourced for export from countries that have experienced outbreaks of swine influenza or pandemic H1N1 infection in pigs or humans. There is no scientific justification to do so because the diseases are mild and transient in infected pigs and pigs that have recovered from infection are not infectious for other pigs or humans.
