0 an open area where small or young animals are kept that children can hold, touch, and sometimes feed
Five days before he became ill, the child had visited a small petting zoo.
Droppings collected in the other goat paddock and at other sites of the petting zoo were found to be negative again.
A 21month-old boy became ill 5 days after a visit to the petting zoo.
Petting zoo visits are popular leisure activities and also have become an important feature of education for young children.
The petting zoo voluntarily closed temporarily to prevent further cases of infection.
Furthermore, he had visited a petting zoo 1 week before the onset of symptoms.
During the initial field investigation at the petting zoo, samples of single fresh droppings from these animals and water samples from drinking troughs were collected.
The zoo was established on 1954 as a petting zoo of the nearby school.
