UK on alert after H5N1 bird flu spills over to sheep in world-first

https://arstechnica.com/health/2025/03/uk-on-alert-after-h5n1-bird-flu-spills-over-to-sheep-in-world-first/

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trevor@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 9 pts · 1y

Ah, the joy of animal exploitation making new zoonotic transmissions possible that make life worse for everyone. If only we could predict this sort of thing based on how it keeps happening. Oh well...

haerrii@feddit.org · 7 pts · 1y

Do I smell a bit of 2019 in here?

ebolapie@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 1y

Bird flu in sheep? That must have been a pretty big sheep, haw haw

SZof@lemmy.world · -6 pts · 1y (2 replies)

Bird flu in sheep? Totally different respiratory system. Utter pants.

Filthcollins@lemmy.world · 11 pts · 1y (1 reply)

What? You know bird flu has spread to humans right?

Zip2@feddit.uk · 8 pts · 1y
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