Sentences with phrase «infectious organisms associated»

Bottom Line: Recalls and reports of potential Salmonella and other infectious organisms associated with rawhides do occur from time to time.

Not exact matches

He specifically proposed that evolutionarily conserved features of infectious organisms (pathogen - associated molecular patterns or PAMPs) were detected by the immune system through a set of specialized receptors (which he termed pattern - recognition receptors or PRRs), an especially prescient aspect of this hypothesis.

Homemade diets and commercial BARF diets are often demonstrable unbalanced and have severe nutritional deficiencies or excesses.16 - 18 Dogs have been shown to acquire and shed parasitic organisms and potentially lethal infectious diseases associated with raw meat, including pathogenic strains of E. coli and Salmonella.25 - 27 Many other pathogens have been identified in raw diets or raw meat ingredients, and these represent a risk not only to the dogs fed these diets but to their owners, particularly children and people with compromised immune systems.29 - 30 The bones often included in such diets can cause fractured teeth and gastrointestinal diseases, including obstructed or perforated intestines, and the FDA recently warned pet owners against feeding bones to their canine companions.

Even the seemingly cleanest kennels are hot zones for infectious organisms, so consider the serious health implications associated with boarding your pet.