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At the National Animal Disease Center in Ames, Iowa, visiting scientist Joachim Pohlenz, a pathologist from the School of Veterinary Medicine in Hannover, Germany, selects and trims intestinal tissues to be processed and examined for signs of E. coli O157:H7 infection.