Safety tips for families visiting farms and other animal attractions this Easter

With the Easter holidays approaching, families visiting farms or other animal attractions in Shropshire are being advised to follow advice to help keep children safe and healthy.
Visitor attractions involving contact with animals are understandably popular with parents and children but do carry a risk from infectious diseases.
Common types of illness include infection with cryptosporidium parvum, E. coli O157 and salmonella.
All these bacteria live in the gut of the animals. Infections are cause