Bird flu should no longer be considered solely an avian virus due to the growing spread of the disease in mammals, a leading expert has said. The world’s first-ever case of bird flu in sheep was ...

In a first for the world, bird flu has been detected in a sheep in England. The discovery, made during routine testing on a Yorkshire farm, has prompted concerns but, for now, experts stress the risk ...

Bird flu has been detected in a single sheep for the first time in England, in an area where the disease had been confirmed ...

It added that the risk to humans remained very low. By Stephen Castle Reporting from London Bird flu has infected a sheep in Britain in what the government on Monday described as the first case of ...

The world's first case of bird flu in sheep has been found in the UK, the nation's chief veterinary officer has confirmed.

LONDON, March 24 (Reuters) - Bird flu has been detected in a sheep in northern England, the first known case of its kind in the world, Britain's government said, adding to the growing list of mammals ...

"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 ...

Bird flu has been detected in a sheep for the first time ever. A sheep in Yorkshire, UK has been found to have H5N1-type bird flu, which has rapidly spread in recent months. The case was confirmed ...

Katy is Managing Editor at IFLScience where she oversees editorial content from News articles to Features, and even occasionally writes some. A single sheep on a Yorkshire farm has tested positive ...

Bird flu has been detected in a single sheep for the first time in England, in an area where the disease had been confirmed in captive birds. The government said while this marked the first time ...

The world's first case of bird flu in sheep has been found in the UK, the nation's chief veterinary officer has confirmed. The exact location of the farm has not been revealed, but a government ...

UKHSA and Food Standards Scotland following the discovery of avian influenza virus in a sheep in the UK. Our advice remains that bird flu poses a very low food safety risk to UK consumers since ...