UK on alert after H5N1 bird flu spills over to sheep in world-first
"Globally, we continue to see that mammals can be infected with avian influenza A (H5N1)," Meera Chand, Emerging Infection lead at the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA), said in a statement. In the US, the Department of Agriculture has documented hundreds of infections in wild and captive mammals, from cats and bears to raccoons and harbor seals.
Highly pathogenic avian influenza, commonly called bird flu, has increasingly spread to mammals and infected hundreds of ...
This is the first time bird flu has been detected in a sheep, however, the FSA says its advice remains the same. It states ...
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Influenza of avian origin confirmed in a sheep in Yorkshire, UKThe UK’s Chief Veterinary Officer has confirmed a case of influenza of avian origin (H5N1) in a single sheep in Yorkshire ...
UKHSA says risk to general public remains very low, but warned people should not touch any dead or sick wild birds they find ...
The UKHSA has reassured the public that pasteurised milk from infected sheep poses a "negligible" risk of bird flu ...
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