Mouse plague: Leptospirosis can be debilitating, even fatal, and it's on the rise

Andrew Messenger
June 17 2021 - 5:00pm
MICE PLAGUE: Lindsay Andrews, owner of Quirindi Excavations, spent three weeks bedridden after contracting leptospirosis in May. Photo: Gareth Gardner
MICE PLAGUE: Lindsay Andrews, owner of Quirindi Excavations, spent three weeks bedridden after contracting leptospirosis in May. Photo: Gareth Gardner

Lindsay Andrews is a victim of the latest mouse plague to carve through regional NSW.

Andrew Messenger

Andrew Messenger

Northern Daily Leader journalist

Politics, environment and energy journalist at the Northern Daily Leader. I also write about health, bushfires and occasionally music. I'm a Brisbane boy by way of Charleville and Hobart who now lives in in beautiful New England. Get me at andrew.messenger@austcommunitymedia.com.au

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