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Meanwhile, the first case of H5N1 has been detected in sheep. The positive test result occurred in Britain in a "routine check" in an animal whose only symptom was mastitis (udder inflammation). The animal was culled.

There is no reason to assume that H5N1 would be any more lethal than in cattle, nor why we can't quarantine animals instead of culling them.

https://www.cidrap.umn.edu/avian-influenza-bird-flu/uk-reports-h5n1-sheep-poultry-outbreak-farm

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