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 to bears, raccoons, and harbor seals.
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