| Animals in the garden are part of nature be it dogs and cats or rabbits or deer or squirrels or armadillos or tomato hornworms pooping on the tomatoes. Fact of life and always has been. So is e. coli in its many varieties, several of which are a normal part of the human digestive tract. Hygiene and proper food prep the key. The one that causes all the problems is the bacterium E. coli O157/H7, also just known as O15. It is rare and the foods associated with it are raw or undercooked ground beef, raw milk, some fresh produce, unpasteurized apple juice or cider, alfalfa and radish sprouts. |
Here is a link that might be useful: Preventing E. Coli from Garden to Plate
