Friday, Jul 17, 2015 at 16:12
Have certainly seen an excess of urine being emitted from double decker road trains, Boo Boo, so if you are concerned about Q Fever don't think your actions are extreme. Think many zoonotic diseases affect some people more than others, otherwise every single stock agent, meat worker, grazier and even stock truck drivers would be affected(prior to vaccination, of course).
Was talking to a stock inspector, maybe 10 years ago, and he mentioned the incidence of leptospirosis in dairy farmers, and the health outcomes from this. They literally work in a "fog" of urine, so would be easy to catch something.
Until 6 years ago, I worked with cattle for over 40 years, including 3 years where we TB tested and bleed for Brucellosis twice a year, on a herd of over 20K head. We were p!ssed & shat on repeatedly, as
well as other more painful occurrences, and no one that I know of ever contracted one of these diseases. Also had vibrio and lepto in that herd as
well.
Bit scarey to think the Q Fever germ can live in dusty conditions, for many years. Makes you wonder how many dusty cattle yards there are, just waiting to catch some over worked ringers, with a good dose of the big Q?
Bob
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