Aug 16, 2011More evidence seen that deer spread Oregon E. coli
Health officials think they’ll be able to prove deer droppings in a strawberry field caused an E. coli outbreak that killed one person and sickened 14 others. Ten percent of the samples taken from the Jaquith Strawberry Farm tested positive for the bacteria, epidemiologist William Keene said Thursday. ABC News
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