Danged spell checker replacements Obviously, it is shiga toxin, with a G rather than a V. Letters given since I keep having to correct it today, too. Since that could cause difficulties for curious people looking up more info I will just re-carry the post. >On Dec 21, 2013, at 10:26 PM, Sukie Crandall <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > > http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/m/pubmed/24357618/ > >E. coli can be very dangerous for ferrets, and has been fatal both >for domestic ferrets and for BFFs when the strain is a shiva toxin >producing one. Although most problems from it happen with raw food, >the shiGa toxin that some strains produce can at times be present >after cooking. This study goes into how low temperature cooking may >also present more of a risk for bacterial survival than high temp >cooking even w the same temperature end point, at least in regards >to this bacterium. [Posted in FML 7997]