Sheep Droppings Plus Mud Equals Campylobacter Outbreak At Wales Bike Race
Last March when we wrote here about an outbreak of Campylobacter being attributed to the mud in a bike race up in British Columbia, we thought it was a one-time weird event. We were wrong. It has happened again.
We have this report from Wales via Metro. Co.UK:
"Mud contaminated with sheep faeces was the most likely cause of 161 cyclists falling ill at a competition.
"The outbreak of vomiting and diarrhoea at the Mountain Bike Marathon, in Wales, was probably caused by Campylobacter in mud liquidised by heavy overnight rain, a report said on Tuesday.
The July incident, in Builth Wells, was investigated by the National Public Health Service for Wales."
Guess there is never a good time to be sheep dip.
