ArticleThe Veterinary record2019
Owners' perception of acquiring infections through raw pet food: a comprehensive internet-based survey.
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- Investigation of food safety perceptions, practices, and workplace policies among employees of pet and animal feed stores that sell and do not sell raw meat-based diets.Frontiers in veterinary science · 2025Article
- Fecal microbiota composition, serum metabolomics, and markers of inflammation in dogs fed a raw meat-based diet compared to those on a kibble diet.Frontiers in veterinary science · 2024Article
- Variables associated with owner perceptions of the health of their dog: Further analysis of data from a large international survey.PloS one · 2024Article
- From Nutritional Adequacy to Hygiene Quality: A Detailed Assessment of Commercial Raw Pet-Food for Dogs and Cats.Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2022Article
- Response to letter regarding "Puppyhood diet as a factor in the development of owner-reported allergy/atopy skin signs in adult dogs in Finland".Journal of veterinary internal medicine · 2022Article
- Raw meat based diet (RMBD) for household pets as potential door opener to parasitic load of domestic and urban environment. Revival of understated zoonotic hazards? A review.One health (Amsterdam, Netherlands) · 2021Review
- It Keeps the Good Boy Healthy from Nose to Tail: Understanding Pet Food Attribute Preferences of US Consumers.Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2021Article
- A Survey among Dog and Cat Owners on Pet Food Storage and Preservation in the Households.Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2021Article
- Low Number of Owner-Reported Suspected Transmission of Foodborne Pathogens From Raw Meat-Based Diets Fed to Dogs and/or Cats.Frontiers in veterinary science · 2021Article
- Contamination factors associated with surviving bacteria in Thai commercial raw pet foods.Veterinary world · 2020Article
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Abstract
There has been concerns related to the risk of bacterial contamination from raw pet food to humans, but research is still scarce. The purpose of this cross-sectional study was to use a worldwide internet survey-based data to evaluate the impact of raw pet foods on human health from the owners' experience. From 16 475 households, 0.2 per cent (n=39) reported having had a transmission of pathogen from the raw pet food to a human family member during the time that raw feeding had been used in the household. Only in three of those households the same pathogen that was found in the human sample was analysed and confirmed also in the raw pet food (0.02 per cent of all data). Moreover, 0.1 per cent (n=24) reported suspecting that a disease could have been transmitted to a human from the pet food. Feeding salmon and turkey, using more than 50 per cent of the diet as raw foods and preparing the raw food in the same place and utensils as the family foods all had negative association with infections. Having 2 to 6 year-old children living in the household was associated with more infections, although adults were the most frequently infected.
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