Five New ‘Man Flu’ Cases Reported In Pigs
Posted on | June 29, 2009
A pig from a Co. Antrim farm has contracted Man flu according to reports.
The male pig, who was examined by a vet earlier today, was denied treatment and made to go back out foraging by his farmer Samuel Dunwoody.
The animal began snorting in discomfort after he and his fellow hogs were exposed to a man in the early hours of the morning.
A 22-year old youth had broken onto the farm and drunkenly ran around the sty for several minutes before being caught and ejected by the farmer’s son.
However none of the other pigs showed signs of ill-effect, leading Mr Dunwoody to believe that his stricken animal was only “playing up” its suffering.
Four other new cases of M1N1, or Man flu, have also been confirmed, bringing to 14 the total number of pigs overstating their symptoms in Northern Ireland.
The North’s Agriculture Minister Michelle Gildernew said she was confident the pigs in question had only the caught common cold and were merely looking for sympathy:
“Need I remind you that all five of them are male. And male pigs are notorious for exaggerating when they become sick. Certainly compared to their female counterparts anyway,” she said.
“Any farmer can tell you that the sows will go about their duties come hell or high water, while the boars will use any excuse to go back to bed… typical bloody men.”
Charlene McGonigle, Director of Swineherd Infection Control said she believed that the increase of Man flu cases in boars “would very likely” cause a similar rise in migraines among females “as they endure endless hypocritical whinging from the chauvinist male pigs”.
