Isle of Wight farm owner fined after disease outbreak infects hundreds of visitors

264 people who attended an animal bottle feeding activity at a petting farm were infected with Cryptosporidium - a zoonotic disease

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Isle of Wight farm owner fined after disease outbreak infects hundreds of visitors

A farm owner on the Isle of Wight has been fined £8,000 after an outbreak resulted in 264 people being infected with Cryptosporidium - a zoonotic disease. Sharon Wheeler ran an animal bottle feeding...

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