The virus can be transmitted to pigs, and so can the human influenza virus. Because influenza virus has eight different nucleic acid fragments, when these two different virus particles infect a cell at the same time, the nucleic acid fragments may be rearranged to produce new influenza virus particles. If this new influenza virus particle infects human beings, it will cause serious public health problems.
In addition, chickens should not be mixed with ducks, geese and other waterfowl, because the carrying rate of various subtypes of influenza virus in waterfowl is very high, and some do not show any clinical symptoms. After the virus in their feces infects chickens, it can cause the occurrence and prevalence of avian influenza and cause serious economic losses.