title: Preliminary assessment of the risk of Salmonella infection in dogs fed raw chicken diets.
abstract: This preliminary study assessed the presence of Salmonella spp. in a bones and raw food (BARF) diet and in the stools of dogs consuming it. Salmonella was isolated from 80% of the BARF diet samples (P < 0.001) and from 30% of the stool samples from dogs fed the diet (P = 0.105). Dogs fed raw chicken may therefore be a source of environmental contamination.
authors.affiliation: Landing Animal Clinic, C155-1600, 90th Avenue SW, Calgary, Alberta T2V 5A8.
authors.forename: Daniel J
authors.initials: DJ
authors.lastname: Joffe
authors.forename: Daniel P
authors.initials: DP
authors.lastname: Schlesinger
mesh_terms: D000821:Animal Feed / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000382:microbiology*; D000818:Animals; D002645:Chickens; D004032:Diet / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000662:veterinary; D004283:Dog Diseases / Q000209:etiology* / Q000382:microbiology; D004285:Dogs; D005243:Feces / Q000382:microbiology; D005516:Food Microbiology; D011202:Poultry Products / Q000382:microbiology*; D018570:Risk Assessment; D012307:Risk Factors; D012475:Salmonella / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D012481:Salmonella Infections, Animal / Q000209:etiology*