fecal
Example Sentences
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Homeless people are highly susceptible to infectious diseases that pass through contact with fecal matter because they lack the hygiene resources of people who have private and regularly sanitized bathing and hand-washing facilities.
From Seattle Times
In 2009, high levels of fecal coliform, bacteria like E. coli associated with human and animal waste, led the state to halt shellfish harvests on the upper third of the river.
From Salon
One day, on the way to drop off a fecal sample at the vet clinic, as I pressed my foot against the gas pedal, Beau began to cry.
From Salon
Department of Agriculture rejected his petition to make it illegal to sell poultry contaminated with more than two dozen toxic strains of salmonella, which wind up on carcasses mostly via fecal contamination.
From Seattle Times
To find out how common those genes were in people, Eric Martens, a microbiologist at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, and his colleagues placed human fecal samples on plates containing seaweed extracts.
From Science Magazine
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