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Hywel Dda Health Board | Update on outbreak of cryptosporidiosis associated with Cwmbran farm : A further four people have been clinically diagnosed with cryptosporidiosis and are linked to the outbreak associated with a farm in Cwmbran. The four new cases bring the total number of confirmed cases investigated as part of the outbreak to eight. All cases were either members of staff or volunteers who bottle fed unwell animals. These animals have now been removed from the farm.

Hywel Dda Health Board | Outbreak of cryptosporidium associated with Cwmbran farm Public Health Wales and Torfaen County Borough Council with the Animal Health and Veterinary Laboratories Agency are investigating an outbreak of cryptosporidium associated with a farm in Cwmbran. Four people who have worked at Greenmeadow Community Farm have tested positive for cryptosporidium, and a further 13 possible cases in staff and volunteers are under investigation. The one adult and three teenagers who have tested positive had all bottle fed lambs and kid goats that had diarrhoea.