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Factbox-Bird flu spreads to mammals, fears of human transmission

(Reuters) -Highly pathogenic avian influenza, commonly called bird flu, has increasingly spread to mammals and infected hundreds of people, raising concerns that it may lead to human-to-human transmission and turn into a new pandemic. Cases of the disease in mammals have mostly been detected in the Americas and Europe. Sheep were added to the list on Monday with the UK government announcing a first case had been detected at a farm in northern England. Some of the mammals such as dairy cows and sheep are farmed and so interact closely with humans, increasing the threat of transmission, while others have much less contact with people. Pigs represent a particular concern for the spread of bird flu because they can become co-infected with bird and human viruses, which could swap genes to form a new, more dangerous virus that can more easily infect humans. Here is a list of the types of mammals, other than humans, in which the virus - which has also infected hundreds of wild and captive bird species - has been detected between 2016 and 2025, according to data gathered by the European Food Safety Authority and U.S. Department of Agriculture. Each category can include several species. Updated data is preceded by a star *. Mammal Country Alpaca U.S. Badger Netherlands Bear Canada, France, U.S. Beech and pine marten Netherlands, Germany * Bobcat U.S. * Canadian lynx U.S. Caracal Poland Cat Canada, France, Italy, Korea, U.S. * Cheetah U.S. Coati Germany, Uruguay Cow U.S. Coyote U.S. * Crabeater seal Antarctica Dog Canada, China, Italy Dolphin Canada, Chile, Peru, UK, U.S. Domestic pig France, Italy * Ermine U.S. * European pine marten Netherlands Ferret Belgium, Slovenia Fisher U.S. Fox Belgium, Canada, Denmark, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Latvia, Netherlands, United Kingdom, U.S. Goat U.S. Leopard U.S. Lion Peru Lynx Finland, U.S. Mink Canada, Finland, Spain Mountain lion U.S. * Mouse U.S. Opossum U.S. Otter Chile, Netherlands, Finland, U.S. * Pig China, Indonesia, U.S. Polar bear U.S. Polecat Belgium, Netherlands Porpoise Chile, Sweden, United Kingdom Prairie vole U.S. * Rabbit U.S. Racoon Canada, U.S. * Rat U.S. * Ringed seal Canada Sable Finland Sea lion Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Peru, Uruguay * Seal Antarctica, Argentina, Canada, Denmark, Germany, Netherlands, Russia, Sweden, United Kingdom, U.S. Seal (fur) Argentina, Brazil, Peru, Russia, Uruguay * Serval U.S. * Sheep UK Skunk Canada, U.S. Squirrel U.S. * Southern elephant Antarctica seal * Stoat U.S. Tiger U.S. Wild dog Finland, Japan, UK