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Farm Suspends Petting Sessions After Cryptosporidium Outbreak
5/12/2025
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- A four-year-old boy from Bridgend, Wales, faced a harrowing three-day hospital stay after contracting cryptosporidium from Cowbridge Farm Shop on April 11. Michael Carpenter showed alarming symptoms while on holiday in Spain. In response, Public Health Wales is probing 74 related cases, prompting the farm to suspend petting sessions to safeguard public health.
