Vet school personnel fell ill after exposure to mare's infected fetal membranes
A cluster of cases of a respiratory illness in staff and students at a rural veterinary school in Australia was traced back to their exposure to the infected fetal membranes from a mare.
A report on the 2014 outbreak has just been published in the journal One Health , highlighting the emergence of an unusual source of psittacosis infection.
Psittacocis is a systemic infectious disease caused by Chlamydia psittaci, which can trigger fever, malaise, muscle pain and atypical pneumonia. Complications can include inflammation and infection around the heart, liver problems, reactive arthritis, and neurological abnormalities.
