Unconventional diets for dogs and cats

spotlight topic:

2. Raw meat-based diets

Microbiological contamination

Published 15 August 2022

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Groat, E.F. et al. (2022) UK dogs eating raw meat diets have higher risk of Salmonella and antimicrobial‐resistant Escherichia coli faecal carriage. Journal of Small Animal Practice, 63 (6), pp. 435-441. https://doi.org/10.1111/jsap.13488

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van Bree, F.P. (2018) Zoonotic bacteria and parasites found in raw meat‐based diets for cats and dogs. Veterinary Record, 182 (2), pp. 50-50. https://doi.org/10.1136/vr.104535

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Gibson, J.F. et al. (2022) Escherichia coli pathotype contamination in raw canine diets. American Journal of Veterinary Research, 83 (6). https://doi.org/10.2460/ajvr.21.10.0166

Cole, S.D. et al. (2022) Evaluation of canine raw food products for the presence of extended-spectrum beta-lactamase-and carbapenemase-producing bacteria of the order Enterobacterales. American Journal of Veterinary Research, 83 (9). https://doi.org/10.2460/ajvr.21.12.0205

O’halloran, C. et al. (2018) An outbreak of tuberculosis due to Mycobacterium bovis infection in a pack of English Foxhounds (2016–2017). Transboundary and Emerging Diseases, 65 (6), pp. 1872-1884. https://doi.org/10.1111/tbed.12969

O’Halloran, C. et al. (2019) Tuberculosis due to Mycobacterium bovis in pet cats associated with feeding a commercial raw food diet. Journal of Feline Medicine and Surgery, 21 (8), pp. 667-681. https://doi.org/10.1177%2F1098612X19848455

O’Halloran, C. (2021) Feline tuberculosis caused by Mycobacterium bovis infection of domestic UK cats associated with feeding a commercial raw food diet. Transboundary and Emerging Diseases, 68 (4), pp. 2308-2320. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/tbed.13889

Unconventional diets for dogs and cats – raw meat based diets – microbiological contamination