Animal that tested positive had signs of mastitis, an inflammation of the breast tissue and without other clinical signs, and was slaughtered
O detected the first case of In a sheep, the British government said in this. “The case was identified after routine surveillance of breeding animals in a yorkshire site, where high pathogenicity aviary flu (H5N1) had been confirmed in other captive birds,” the government said. This is the first time the disease, from birds, has been diagnosed in a sheep, and increases the growing list of disease -infected mammals and feeds pandemic fears. The animal that tested positive had signs of mastitis, an inflammation of the breast tissue and without other clinical signs, and was slaughtered. Ed Hutchinson, professor of molecular and mobile virology at MRC University, Glasgow Center for Virus Research, said that so far there is no evidence of continuous transmission from the sheep and that the case seemed to have been contained.
“Globally, we continue to see that mammals can be infected with Avian Flu (H5N1). However, current evidence suggests that the avian flu viruses are living around the world does not easily spread to people, and the risk of avian gripo for the general public remains very low,” said Dr. Meera Chandd, leader of emerging agency infections of the agency. Sanitary of the United Kingdom. The Rural Ministry of Rural Affairs introduced the surveillance of animals in places where aviary flu was confirmed in captive birds.
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