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. 2002 Jun;43(6):441-2.

Preliminary assessment of the risk of Salmonella infection in dogs fed raw chicken diets

Daniel J Joffe  1 , Daniel P Schlesinger
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Preliminary assessment of the risk of Salmonella infection in dogs fed raw chicken diets

Daniel J Joffe et al. Can Vet J. 2002 Jun.

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.

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