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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
National
Michael Howie

Bird flu detected in a sheep in England for the first time

Health experts have been sounding the alarm about the potential pandemic threat posed by bird flu - (National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases)

Bird flu had been detected in a sheep in England for the first time, the government has said.

“The case was identified following routine surveillance of farmed livestock on a premises in Yorkshire where highly pathogenic avian influenza (H5N1) had been confirmed in other captive birds,” it said in a statement on Monday morning.

The government said while this marked the first time H5N1 had been found in a sheep, it was not the first time it had been detected in livestock in other countries.

It added that there was no evidence to suggest an increased risk to the country's livestock population.

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