From:
Sukie Crandall
Date: 2008-08-12 06:01:48 UTC
Subject: [ferrethealth] seeking a bit more info: E. Coli O157:H7
To: fhl <ferrethealth@yahoogroups.com>
Does anyone know if cooking is sufficient to destroy enough of the
Shiga Toxin produced by E. Coli O157:H7?
I was under the impression that it often (always?) was not -- that it
was safer than non-cooked by a wide margin but that while cooking the
meat well could kill the E. Coli O157:H7 itself that enough Shiga
Toxin would still persist that it could have the potential to cause problems.
BTW, these are a type of rod bacteria which produce blood diarrhea and
more.
I can see that at least part of this in relation to larger facilities
is still under study:
http://www.ars.usda.gov/research/projects/projects.htm?ACCN_NO=414241
but was wondering about data more consistent with a home setting.
These are some of the ferret studies which may be of interest:
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15583337
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11865409
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11504237
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/6358164
Sukie (not a vet)
Recommended ferret health links:
http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/ferrethealth/
http://ferrethealth.org/archive/
http://www.afip.org/ferrets/index.html
http://www.miamiferret.org/fhc/
http://www.ferretcongress.org/
http://www.trifl.org/index.shtml
http://homepage.mac.com/sukie/sukiesferretlinks.html
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