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Cat has E.coli!! Help me please?

post #1 of 3
5/25/11 at 12:41pm
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So my cat has E.coli. She is on a form of Amoxi, so I kow she will be fine. But I want to know how she contracted it. The litter box is scooped daily and cleaned once a week with a scrub down and new litter. And I am a vegetarian, so no uncooked meat at this house. She only eats wet GD food. So, I don't know how she got it and the other cat is fine with no illness. Any ideas? I want to prevent this in the future. Thanks!
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post #2 of 3
5/25/11 at 1:53pm
Just a tiny bit of very quick info

From this article
http://www.about-ecoli.com/

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The CDC has estimated that 85 percent of E. coli O157:H7 infections are foodborne in origin (Mead, et al., 1999). In fact, consumption of any food or beverage that becomes contaminated by animal (especially cattle) manure can result in contracting the disease.
Foods that have been identified as sources of contamination include ground beef, venison, sausages, dried (non-cooked) salami, unpasteurized milk and cheese, unpasteurized apple juice and cider (Cody, et al., 1999), orange juice, alfalfa and radish sprouts (Breuer, et al., 2001), lettuce, spinach, and water (Friedman, et al., 1999). Pizza and cookie dough have also been identified as sources of E. coli outbreaks.
From this article
http://www.takepart.com/news/2010/05...ffected-salads

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But non-animal products aren't in the clear, either—as evidenced by the recent lettuce outbreak and a 2006 recall of spinach. Food and Water Watch explains:

Vegetables can also be contaminated by E. coli if manure is used to fertilize crops without composting it first, or if water used to irrigate or clean the crops contains animal waste.
Remember the bagged spinach E. coli outbreak in 2006?
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,213891,00.html

From this article
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of..._United_States

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E. coli O157:H7 was believed to have contaminated Nestle Toll House refrigerated cookie dough. Nestlé recalled its products after the FDA reported there was a possibility that the E. coli O157:H7 outbreak, which sickened at least 66 people in 28 states, might be a result of raw cookie dough consumption
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post #3 of 3
5/25/11 at 3:39pm
This is cat related - perhaps it will be helpful to you

http://www.felipedia.org/~felipedi/w...coli_infection
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