Key points from article :
Influenza virus can jump from pigs to canines.
Viruses in dogs and horses have less viral genetic diversity.
5 years ago an avian flu virus was found in farmed dogs in China.
H1N1, H3N2, and H3N8 in dogs are starting to interact with each other.
Culling domestic dogs to prevent an outbreak would be an unpopular solution.
The study was published in mBio journal.