1st Ever Sheep With Bird Flu Found in the UK

The chief veterinary officer said the case was discovered during a routine surveillance of livestock on a farm.

Sheep stand in a barn in a file photo. Michael Matthey/AFP via Getty Images

British health officials reported on Monday that a case of bird flu was found in a single sheep in Yorkshire, the world’s first.

“We have confirmed the detection of influenza of avian origin (H5N1) in a single sheep on a farm in Yorkshire,” the UK’s Chief Veterinary Officer Christine Middlemiss said in a statement on Monday.