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Visitors at petting zoo exposed to E.coli

By News Desk on April 27, 2022

The Loudoun County Health Department of Virginia has notified the public that several people who came in contact with goats at Georges Mill Farm in Lovettsville, VA, between March 6 and April 20 were exposed …
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Start of petting zoo season prompts infection risk warning

By News Desk on April 13, 2022

An agency in Ireland has warned about the increased risk of Cryptosporidium because of the start of petting zoo season.

The Health Service Executive’s Department of Public Health Mid-West is advising people to improve handwashing…
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Publisher’s Platform: Minnesota State Fair reports E. coli cases linked to animal contact – what a surprise?

By Bill Marler on September 18, 2019
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The best way to keep the lawyers out of it is to keep the children safe.

Yesterday the Minnesota Department of Health (MDH) reported that it is investigation an outbreak of E. coli O157…
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San Diego County Fair outbreak source remains elusive

By Dan Flynn on August 2, 2019

The June outbreak that took the life of a 2-year old boy and infected nearly a dozen other children with E. coli O157: H7 likely occurred from exposure to the bacteria at the San Diego…
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Toddler dies from E. coli infection after visit to petting zoo at county fair

By News Desk on July 1, 2019

UPDATE: Since this was posted, a fifth victim — a 6-year old boy who attended animals displays at the San Diego County Fairon June 22– has been added to this outbreak cluster. He  began experiencing …
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Publisher’s Platform: Do We Need a Petting Zoo Preservation Act?

By Bill Marler on October 17, 2015

Over the last week I spoke to two families of very young children stricken by E. coli O111 after they both attended a small town Maine fair and petting zoo. One child was just released…
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Publisher’s Platform: Another Preventable Petting Zoo E. Coli Outbreak

By Bill Marler on October 11, 2015

Colton-Guay-myles-Herschaft-mainThe 2015 Oxford County Fair that was held in mid-September will be remembered for the death of one child and the severe illness to another due to infections with E. coli O111. The common exposure…
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Update: Two Maine Boys Were Infected by Same Strain of E. Coli

By News Desk on October 9, 2015

Oct. 9 update: A state epidemiologist with the Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention announced Friday that the two boys who became ill after visiting a petting zoo last month were both infected by…
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Update: At Least 13 E. coli Cases in Minnesota Linked to Traveling Petting Zoo

By News Desk on August 12, 2014

The Minnesota Department of Health reports that health officials have identified at least 13 people with E. coli O157:H7 infections linked to Zerebko Zoo Tran, a traveling petting zoo that recently visited county fairs there.…
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UK: Settlements Reached in 2009 Godstone Farm E. Coli Outbreak

By News Desk on May 8, 2014

Ten children with emotional and physical scars that will likely be with them for life are among those who have reached settlements following the 2009 E. coli outbreak at England’s Godstone Farm. “These children have…
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