Many mass fertilize their gardens with compost cow manure but do n’t realize the hidden risk . moo-cow manure may harbor disease such as e. coli O157 , listeriosis , salmonellosis , cryptosporidiosis and mad moo-cow disease . These diseases are fecal to oral in transmission and may be passed to humanity if vegetable from the garden are not properly wash . Protect your family and yourself by frequent hand washables and proper food preparation to avoid contagion .

E coli O157 (Escherichia coli)

E. coli O157 bacterium are found in the manure of cattle in just one percent of the herd . Recently weaned calves and heifers are most susceptible to carrying the disease , reports John H. Kirk , DVM , MPVM of the School of Veterinary Medicine at the University of California Davis . E. coli O157 does not survive long in the subject , but if refrigerate on foul vegetables it can endure for many twenty-four hours .

Listeriosis

listeria meningitis , a disease make by the bacterium listeria monocytogenes , usually infects people with weakened or compromised immune system . Listeria is shed in fecal matter by kine during the winter months . Humans and livestock may become carriers , but the normal source of contagion for humans is from take listeria that has get in contact with fresh vegetables .

Symptoms of listeriosis are sinew ache , febrility and sometimes looseness and sickness , according to the Center for Disease Control and Prevention . If the nervous organization is regard convulsions , confusion and passing of counterweight may come . ( See Reference 3 )

Salmonellosis

The bacteria named salmonella make salmonellosis . There are many species of Salmonella but only a few affect man and kine . John H. Kirk , DVM , MPVM of the School of Veterinary Medicine at the University of California Davis states that some 75 percent of dairy cattle test positivistic for Salmonella in their fecal matter . The survival pace of salmonella bacteria is dependent to temperature and ammonia concentration .

Cryptosporidiosis

Cryptosporidium is a parasite that is unfold by livestock and humans . The main source of infection is from a water provision that has been tainted by manure containing the parasite . These organism have a long survival rate in manure and once inside a host , they divide and multiply .

Mad Cow Disease

Mad moo-cow disease ( bovine spongiform encephalopathy ) is a reformist neurologic disease that results in death . An septic animal being render down and then fed to other cud - chewing animals , such as cattle , was thought to be the only route of contagion . A new study by a enquiry team at the University of California headed by Stanley Prusiner prove that fecal - unwritten transmission of prions ( infectious proteins ) can occur from a healthy brute grazing where foul soil or manure is found .

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