The owners of a petting farm at the centre of a parasitic disease outbreak that has left dozens ill said they are working with the local authority to investigate its cause .
Ian and Angela Broadhead, who run Swithens Farm, in Rothwell, Leeds, have reassured visitors that their “health, safety and welfare” is of “utmost importance” to them as they continue to work with public health experts.
The petting farm has been linked to 29 cases of cryptosporidiosis, a disease caused by a parasite which causes sickness and diarrhoea, and two of bacterial infection E.coli 0157, which can cause severe stomach pain, bloody diarrhoea and can affect kidney function.
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