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Posted on June 17, 2012 at 8:30 PM
Updated today at 8:49 AM
BOISE -- The Idaho State Department of Agriculture says two Idaho goats have tested positive for Q fever. Q fever is a contagious bacteria that affects, sheep, goats and cattle, and it can be spread to humans.
This is not the first case in the state, but this is the first outbreak on record in Idaho. The ISDA is trying to keep it from spreading to more animals, or humans.
"The Department of Agriculture received confirmation that two goats in the state had tested positive for Coxiela burnetii," said Doctor Scott Leibsle of the Idaho State Department of Agriculture.
Coxiela burnetii is the organism that causes Q fever.
"When we got the confirmation of the positive, we notified the owner of the goats and we immediately put the goats under...
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