Who's At Risk?
The vaccine is recommended for individuals 15 years and older in high-risk occupations:
- Abattoir workers and contract workers in cattle, sheep dairy and goat abattoirs
- Farmers
- Stockyard & Feedlot Workers
- Animal Transporters
- Veterinarians, veterinary nurses and students
- Wildlife & Zoo Workers
- Agricultural college staff and students
- Professional dog and cat breeders
- Laboratory personnel handling veterinary products or working with the organism
- People whose work involves regular mowing in areas frequented by livestock or wild animals (e.g. council employees, golf course workers or staff of mowing businesses in regional and rural areas).
You can contract Q Fever by:
- Breathing in the bacteria that is in the air or dust:
– While birthing, slaughtering or butchering infected animals (especially cattle, sheep or
goats). These activities carry a very high risk of infection.
– When handling infected animals, infected animal tissues, fluids or excretions
or animal products or materials that have been infected including wool, hides, straw,
manure fertiliser and clothes (e.g. washing clothes worn when birthing, butchering or
slaughtering animals)
– While herding, shearing or transporting animals
– While mowing grass contaminated by infected animal excretions
– When visiting, living or working in/near a high-risk industry
- Direct contact with infected animal tissue or fluids on broken skin (e.g. cuts or needlestick injuries when working with infected animals)
- Drinking unpasteurised milk from infected cows, sheep and goats
Vaccination Process
1. Pre-Vaccination Testing - $100 in total
- Blood test (serum antibody screening) - $70
- Skin test - $30
(Both tests are done approx. 7 days before the vaccine)
2. Vaccination - $150
- A single-dose vaccine with 83–100% efficacy
- Long-lasting protection, potentially lifelong
Why Choose Us?
At PrimeCare Medical, we provide complete Q Fever screening and vaccination services with expert care and convenience.
Expert nurses and doctors are available Monday to Friday and Saturdays (on demand).
PrimeCare Medical is located at the heart of Melbourne CBD, super convenient.
Bulk-billed service is available to Medicare holders and eligible OSHC/OVHC holders.