[Avodah] The Talmud?s Many Demons

[Micha Berger]

On Wed, Aug 15, 2012 at 10:26:07AM -0500, Lisa Liel wrote:
> I'm just not aware of any microbes that leave chicken tracks.

The most common (today) are salmonella, listeria, campylobacter ("food
poisoning") and staph. All of which can be caught from chickens.

Admittedly, playing this game we're left with the opposite problem.
It would mean chazal were unaware of how many other domesticated animals
also carry disease.

Tir'u baTov!
-Micha

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