Public health concerns associated with feeding raw meat diets to dogs

Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association

Volumn 219, Issue 9, 2001, Pages 1222-1225

  Lejeune, Jeffrey T ^a,b   Hancock, Dale D ^a  

^a WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANIS FAMILIARIS;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL FOOD; ANIMAL PARASITOSIS; BACTERIAL INFECTION; DIET; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DOG; DOG DISEASE; FOOD CONTROL; FOOD HANDLING; HUMAN; MEAT; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; PARASITOLOGY; PUBLIC HEALTH; REVIEW; SAFETY; STANDARD; VIRUS INFECTION; ZOONOSIS;

ANIMAL FEED; ANIMALS; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; DIET; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; FOOD HANDLING; FOOD MICROBIOLOGY; HUMANS; MEAT; MEAT PRODUCTS; PARASITIC DISEASES, ANIMAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; SAFETY; VIRUS DISEASES; ZOONOSES;

EID: 0035511765     PISSN: 00031488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2460/javma.2001.219.1222     Document Type: Article

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