?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=Reducing+risks+from+E.+coli+0157+on+the+organic+farm&rft.creator=Patriquin%2C+David+G.&rft.subject=+Food+security%2C+food+quality+and+human+health&rft.description=E.+coli+0157+is+a+bacterial+pathogen+of+the+human+intestinal+tract+which+is+carried+in+certain+species+of+livestock+and+wildlife+without+ill-effect.+Such+organisms+are+termed+zoonotics.+Various+types+of+Campylobacter+and+Salmonella+are+other+major+causes+of+food+borne+illness+that+like+E.+coli+0157%2C+are+zoonotic+in+livestock+and+appear+to+have+been+on+the+increase+in+recent+decades.+E.coli+0157+is+particularly+hazardous+because+of+the+very+low+number+of+organisms+that+can+cause+infection+and+because+of+serious+complications+that+can+result+from+infection%2C+especially+in+infants+and+the+elderly.+As+well+as+from+contaminated+food%2C+E.+coli+0157+can+be+acquired+through+casual+contact+with+manure+and+with+fecal+contaminated+surfaces+and+water.+Thus+farm+residents+and+workers+should+be+aware+of+the+nature+of+E.+coli+0157+and+of+personal+measures+they+can+take+to+reduce+the+risk+of+infection.+Reducing+the+levels+of+zoonotics+in+farm+animals+is+seen+as+a+key+component+of+strategies+to+reduce+the+occurrence+of+food+borne+infections+generally.+A+number+of+the+existing+practices+of+organic+farming+could+be+expected+to+discriminate+against+E.+coli+0157.+However%2C+none+can+ensure+its+absence+and+the+routes+by+which+0157+moves+into+farms+apply+to+organic+farms%2C+for+example+via+birds+that+have+been+feeding+on+a+farm+with+a+high+level+of+E.+coli+0157.+Some+provisional+guidelines+for+reducing+levels+of+E.+coli+0157+on+organic+farms+and+the+risk+to+farm+workers+and+residents+are+offered.+They+are+pertinent+also+to+gardeners+who+use+manure+or+buy+bulk+compost.+&rft.publisher=Canadian+Organic+Growers+(COG)&rft.date=2000&rft.type=Newspaper+or+magazine+article&rft.type=NonPeerReviewed&rft.format=text%2Fhtml&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Forgprints.org%2F434%2F1%2F434.htm&rft.identifier=Patriquin%2C+David+G.+(2000)+Reducing+risks+from+E.+coli+0157+on+the+organic+farm.+In%3A+Eco-Farm+%26+Garden%2C+2000.+Canadian+Organic+Growers+(COG).&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Forgprints.org%2F434%2F