YOU WONT CATCH IT FROM HEDGES ITS SPREAD THRU URINE
You can catch it from anywhere a rodent has urinated , if the area remains wet and it is contaminated then you can catch it, that means wet soil,wet leaves, wet anything, The virus also does not dilute meaning: if you have a large pond and you poured a small amount of urine that has weils disease in, it is not diluted.
Read here......... http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/scottish...86908-20696342/
There is another virus that should be thought about when dealing with rodents, it is passed on via Rat shit, rat urine and rat sa