The British government has detected bird flu in a sheep in northern England, the first known case of its kind in the world, ...

Highly pathogenic avian influenza (AI) evolves to infect a new mammalian species, having made the jump to dairy cattle almost ...

The H5N1 virus was detected in a single animal in Yorkshire, the British government said on Monday. It added that the risk to humans remained very low.

Phil Stocker, chief executive of the National Sheep Association, which represents British sheep farmers, said the case did not pose a threat to food safety but raised questions about farming ...