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  • Panhandle man contracts disease associated with livestock - Q Fever

    06/30/2005 10:41:23 AM PDT · by LurkedLongEnough · 11 replies · 509+ views
    KLTV - East Texas ^ | June 30, 2005 | Amarillo Globe-News
    AMARILLO, Texas State health officials are looking into how a Panhandle man contracted a rare bacterial disease typically tied to the livestock industry. The Texas Department of State Health Services says the Moore County man doesn't work around livestock or in a laboratory or slaughterhouse. Department veterinarian James Alexander also says the man isn't a veterinarian. He says it's possible the man might have caught the disease from contaminated soil. Alexander says the disease can spread from animals to humans. The patient says he has a friend with livestock but that he had no contact with the animals. Common symptoms...