Wet season spike in a rare disease among cattle workers

Chris McLennan
March 1 2021 - 3:00pm
DISEASE SPIKE: Leptospirosis can be a fatal disease which passes to humans chiefly through animal urine.
DISEASE SPIKE: Leptospirosis can be a fatal disease which passes to humans chiefly through animal urine.

The best wet season in a decade has also seen a spike in cases of the rare disease leptospirosis among cattle workers in the Top End.

Chris McLennan

Chris McLennan

National Rural Property Writer

ACM national rural property writer based in Bacchus Marsh, Victoria. Career journalist. Multi award winner.

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