Listeriosis outbreaks emerge in state's south-west

Annabelle Cleeland
Updated November 24 2021 - 12:45pm, first published November 21 2021 - 6:30am
SHEEP: Fourteen properties across the south-western Victoria have confirmed cases.
SHEEP: Fourteen properties across the south-western Victoria have confirmed cases.

Outbreaks of listeriosis in sheep have been recorded at 14 separate properties in the state's south-west, leading to widespread ewe deaths and lamb abortions.

Annabelle Cleeland

Annabelle Cleeland is a Stock & Land journalist. She has worked at Australian Community Media for more than a decade serving in a number of roles including editor, senior journalist and national sheep & wool writer. She runs a fine Merino wool property with her young family in North-East Victoria.

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