Bird flu 'pandemic' warning as UK health boss says virus has dangerous 'potential'
Richard Peabody, director of epidemic and emerging infections at the UK Health Security Agency, has warned that bird flu has ...
Bird flu ‘has potential to become pandemic’, warn health officials
The H5N1 strain of bird flu has the “potential to become a pandemic”, according to a director at the UK Health Security ...
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Farmers urged to strengthen biosecurity after bird flu sheep case
Detection of bird flu in a sheep in Yorkshire is a reminder for farms to maintain tight biosecurity, particularly those with ...
Bird flu spreads to mammals, fears of human transmission
Highly pathogenic avian influenza, commonly called bird flu, has increasingly spread to mammals and infected hundreds of ...
World’s first case of bird flu in sheep found in England: Here's what it means
UK officials have detected bird flu in a sheep in Yorkshire, marking the first such case. Routine testing was conducted on ...
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Bird Flu Infects First Sheep in the UK
Highly pathogenic avian influenza (AI) evolves to infect a new mammalian species, having made the jump to dairy cattle almost ...
Major UK bird flu alert as disease 'jumps species' in worrying development
Scientists have warned that bird flu has been detected in sheep for the first time - the case was picked up in Yorkshire during a routine check with livestock at a farm ...
UK detects bird flu in sheep for the first time
The first UK H5N1-type bird flu case in sheep has been confirmed in Yorkshire as authorities intensify efforts to avoid the mass outbreaks of the disease seen in US livestock.