Leptospirosis: New Zealand's No. 1 dairy occupational disease

Authors: Philip NA
Publication: New Zealand Veterinary Journal, Volume 24, Issue 1-2, pp 6-8, Jan 1967
Publisher: Taylor and Francis

Animal type: Human, Livestock
Subject Terms: Animal remedies/veterinary medicines, Antibiotics, Treatment/therapy, Bacterial, Zoonosis, Disease/defect, Infectious disease, Public health
Article class: Review Article

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Abstract: Thanks to its being a notifiable disease, leptospirosis has been well documented in New Zealand for many years. In his Radio-Doctor series recently, Dr H. B. Turbott stated that the incidence of notification of this disease has doubled over each 5-year interval since the 1950s. A glance at the list of notifications published each month reveals that the greatest number colmes from the dairying districts of the country, focal upon the Hamilton Health District. Most occupational diseases in the dairy industry have been eliminated or prevented, nowadays, with leptospirosis remaining the bogyman of people working with milking cattle…

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