Five years ago I did not even know what Q fever was. Then suffering from severe headache, raging temperature, sweats and feeling like death warmed up I was admitted to hospital for 10 days and was diagnosed with Q fever.
I did not work in an position that exposed me to the Q fever risk. No-one at work developed Q fever. Infectious disease Physicians were unable to understand how I contracted Q fever.
Obviously my big risk factor was I reside less than a kilometer from where they unload the cattle truck trains. I am one of the many that live within the area, who has contracted Qfever and been seriously ill.
Not everyone symptoms are severe how many people have been undiagnosed or thought to be the flu. Both myself and my grandson constantly cough and have issues when odours are released from teys brothers particularly of a night.
This is just one comment that has surfaced because of this web site, there are two or three other victims of Q fever who live or work in the danger area and are yet to be interviewed (or will it be a epidemic?).
Read a Beenleigh local persons account of how he got
Q Fever and how it’s effected him
This site is now finding other people who have Q fever. There are stories like these all over the place.
- Just one visit ruined my life
I visited a factory across from the abattoir and caught Q fever. I went to the doctor who misdiagnosed his symptoms and sent him home to rest. After reading this site and its contents, I went back for a Q fever test and found out he had contracted Q fever.
Now I know the Teys Australia supporters and the knockers will say its all fabricated, so lets just wait and see what legal action arises from people who have been made aware of the facts!
Teys Australia 
my father worked at teys and never contracted q-fever and he worked there for 27 years . surely if anyone was going to contract it , it would be the workers first right? also tey’s was there well before anyone else, MOVE if your not happy..
No doubt he was inoculated for Q fever, Teys are very good at looking after their workers, it the public they have no duty of care for.
So as a local resident I knew I was living near the Teys slaughter house and BUT I had no idea my family and I were at risk from any form of illness.
I have always been OK with the occasional noise that comes from the place and I am lucky enough to live ”up wind” of the place (I feel for the people who live down-wind cause it is peeeeutrid) so the smell is only a problem when I drive past on my way home most of the time.
I know the place give lots of Jobs to those in the area but I think they do have a responsibility to at least advise their neighbours and locals of the potential risks.
My heart goes out to those affected in the area, and I am disgusted that they had no warning and little to know meaningful explanation once they took it to the authorities.
Also after reading the actual Terms of Teys licencing on this site and being a local resident, I can see for myself that Teys are breaching the terms of their licence, its that obvious why are they continuing to get away with it? And why do hard-working individuals have to suffer on their own.
I don’t particularly think it should be closed down – hell I love to eat Meat and it has to come from somewhere – But they should be made accountable for this and they should Upgrade their facilities.
There is an slaughter house in Murrarie, a relative of mine lives near – and they didn’t even know it existed for years, its enclosed and you sure don’t get the smell you do around the Teys place.
All true, the Murarrie abattoir is subscribes to modern up to date practices. Their holding yards are enclosed and have air filters taking all the danger out of the air. Teys Australia could learn of them.