Non-O157 Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli associated with venison.

We investigated an outbreak of non-O157 Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli at a high school in Minnesota, USA, in November 2010. Consuming undercooked venison and not washing hands after handling raw venison were associated with illness. E.

Baseline Campylobacter prevalence at a new turkey production facility in North Dakota.

Campylobacter jejuni isolates (n = 340) were collected from nine turkey flocks in three rotations (A, B, and C) at a newly established turkey production facility in North Dakota and at processing. Samples were collected at weeks 1, 4, 9, and 18, as well as at two stages on the processing line at the processing plant. Campylobacter was not isolated from the first flocks in the rotations (A1, B1, and C1), but was detected at week 18 in the second flock groupings and at week 9 in the third flock groupings.