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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
Health
Sam Hall

Probe begins after visitors to farm petting sessions suffer parasitic infection

Public Health Wales said people should be aware of the ‘potential health risks’ of visiting petting farms (Jacob King/PA) - (PA Wire)

An investigation has been launched after dozens of people who attended calf and lamb feeding and petting sessions at a farm contracted a parasitic infection.

Public Health Wales said on Wednesday that it was investigating 28 cases of cryptosporidium infection in people who visited the Cowbridge Farm Shop at Marlborough Grange Farm in the Vale of Glamorgan.

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