Two bacterial pathogens have been identified as the principal causes of mastitis in commercial sheep flocks involved in a Farming Connect-funded Welsh study. Fourteen different strains of bacteria ...

The world's first case of bird flu in sheep has been found in the UK, the nation's chief veterinary officer has confirmed.

This review aims to characterize promising novel markers of ovine mastitis. Mastitis is considered as one of the primary factors for premature culling in dairy sheep and has noticeable financial, ...

Bird flu has been detected in a sheep in northern England, the first known case of its kind in the world, Britain's ...

But there has not yet been any confirmed transmission between humans. The sheep that tested positive was a ewe with signs of mastitis, an inflammation of breast tissue, and no other clinical signs, ...