Salmonella: 10 ways to get sick (PICTURES)

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(CBS) Ground turkey meat is being blamed for an outbreak of salmonella poisoning that has sickened scores of people in 27 states and resulted in one death. But eating meat contaminated with salmonella germs isn't the only way to catch the potentially deadly illness, which is formally known as salmonellosis.

PICTURES - Salmonella: 10 ways to get sick

The latest cases are just the tip of an iceberg. Each year in the U.S., there are approximately 40,000 cases of salmonellosis, according to the CDC. And the actual number of cases may be much higher, as many mild cases of the illness undiagnosed.

Salmonellosis typically causes fever, diarrhea, and abdominal cramps. Most people recover completely, though it may be several months before their bowel habits return to normal. The illness can be life-threatening for people with weakened immune systems.

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10 Ways to Catch Salmonella

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Salmonella - any of a very varied group of bacteria, genus Salmonella, that colonize the intestines of humans and some animals. www.1wallmart.com Some strains cause typhoid and paratyphoid fevers, while others cause salmonella food poisoning, which is characterized by stomach pains, vomiting, diarrhoea, and headache. www.cleansemart.com It can be fatal in elderly people, but others usually recover in a few days without antibiotics. Most cases are caused by contaminated animal products, especially poultry meat. Human carriers of the disease may be well themselves but pass the bacteria on to others through unhygienic preparation of food. Domestic pets can also carry the bacteria while appearing healthy.

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Instead of cooking everything to death which often depletes nutrients, how about overhauling the food system from the ground up and improving food production methods?

The ninth slide accuses raw milk of being dangerous, but such milk produced with care on pasture from grass fed cows is actually safer than pasteurized milk produced in a feedlot from unhealthy grain-fed cows. Many more outbreaks have occurred as a result of pasteurized milk than raw milk.