Question

• many farm animals carry me naturally; • i have been found in milk and dairy products, produce, and poultry; • cooking eggs to minimum internal temperatures can prevent me; • preventing cross-contamination between poultry and ready-to-eat food can stop me;

Explanation:

The description matches Salmonella (or similar food - borne pathogens). Farm animals carry it, it's in milk/dairy, produce, poultry. Cooking eggs (to kill it) and preventing cross - contamination (to stop spread) are key prevention methods.

Answer:

The pathogen is likely Salmonella (or a similar food - borne pathogen like Campylobacter, but Salmonella fits well with the given clues).