Evaluation of bacterial and protozoal contamination of commercially available raw meat diets for dogs

Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association

Volumn 228, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 537-542

  Strohmeyer, Rachel A ^a   Morley, Paul S ^a   Hyatt, Doreene R ^a   Dargatz, David A ^b   Scorza, A Valeria ^b   Lappin, Michael R ^b  

^a CENTERS FOR EPIDEMIOLOGY AND ANIMAL HEALTH   (United States)

^b Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; AMPICILLIN; APRAMYCIN; CEFALOTIN; CEFOXITIN; CEFTIOFUR; CEFTRIAXONE; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CIPROFLOXACIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; GENTAMICIN; KANAMYCIN; STREPTOMYCIN; SULFAMETHOXAZOLE; TETRACYCLINE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CAMPYLOBACTER; CHICKEN; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; DNA DETERMINATION; DOG; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FOOD CONTAMINATION; LAMB; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; NEOSPORA; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PROTOZOON; RAW FOOD; SALMONELLA ENTERICA; SAMPLING; TOXOPLASMA; TURKEY (BIRD);

ANIMAL FEED; ANIMALS; BACTERIA; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY; DNA, PROTOZOAN; DOGS; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD MICROBIOLOGY; FOOD PARASITOLOGY; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MEAT; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PROTOZOA;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CAMPYLOBACTER; CANIS FAMILIARIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MELEAGRIS GALLOPAVO; NEGIBACTERIA; NEOSPORA; PROTOZOA; SALMONELLA ENTERICA; TOXOPLASMA;

EID: 32544435139     PISSN: 00031488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2460/javma.228.4.537     Document Type: Article

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