Hemorrhagic Gastroenteritis from Animal Exposure

This weeks Morbidity and Mortality Report describes the outbreak

of hemorrhagic gastroenteritis –from exposure to farm animals in display

barns at the North Carolina State Fair. This reinforces the danger of”Petting

Zoos” as a vehicle of transmission of E. coli.These animal petting “stations”

rarely have adequate handwashing facilities.AVOID.