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Rat pee gives crocodile park gardener Nathan Trevena leptospirosis
By Meagan Dillon From: Northern Territory News April 06, 2011 8:59AM
A YOUNG Northern Territorian was diagnosed with a potentially deadly disease after collecting crocodile eggs in a Top End swamp.
Crocodylus Park landscaper Nathan Trevena said he got leptospirosis after collecting croc eggs from nests in Melacca swamp - about 60km southeast of Darwin - in December, the NT News reports.
But he said he wasn't wearing any gloves. "I obviously had cuts on my hands," he said.
Park zoo keeper John Pomeroy said the 21-year-old got the disease from cutting his hands on sawgrass and then putting his hands in the contaminated swamp water.
"(The disease) is from rat's urine in water," he said.
He said almost every employee at the croc park has had the disease but had now built up an immunity to it. "We've all had it at some stage," he said.
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By Meagan Dillon From: Northern Territory News April 06, 2011 8:59AM
A YOUNG Northern Territorian was diagnosed with a potentially deadly disease after collecting crocodile eggs in a Top End swamp.
Crocodylus Park landscaper Nathan Trevena said he got leptospirosis after collecting croc eggs from nests in Melacca swamp - about 60km southeast of Darwin - in December, the NT News reports.
But he said he wasn't wearing any gloves. "I obviously had cuts on my hands," he said.
Park zoo keeper John Pomeroy said the 21-year-old got the disease from cutting his hands on sawgrass and then putting his hands in the contaminated swamp water.
"(The disease) is from rat's urine in water," he said.
He said almost every employee at the croc park has had the disease but had now built up an immunity to it. "We've all had it at some stage," he said.
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Read more: http://www.news.com.au/breaking-news...#ixzz1IjqUCh4h
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