Bird Flu Infects Sheep: Another Animal Agriculture Disaster

Written 25/03/25

Bird flu has now infected sheep for the first time. In Yorkshire, UK, a sheep has been killed after testing positive for the H5N1 virus - a virus once confined mainly to birds.

Defra confirmed the infection was identified through repeated positive tests of the sheep's milk. This sheep lived at a site previously affected by bird flu among captive birds. D…