Sentences with phrase «undercooked animal»

Several studies reported in peer - reviewed scientific journals have demonstrated that raw or undercooked animal - source protein may be contaminated with a variety of pathogenic organisms, including Salmonella, Campylobacter, Clostridium, Escherichia coli, Listeria, and Staphylococcus.

AVMA has also come out against feeding raw or undercooked animal - source protein to cats and dogs.

Citing a number of studies, the AVMA's policy discourages feeding raw or undercooked animal proteins as they contain potentially deadly pathogens that not only can sicken your pet but also can be secondarily transmitted to humans.

The potential for pets and human family members to face life - threatening illness if pathogenic bacteria are ingested motivates my perspective and the American Veterinary Medical Association's (AVMA) Policy on Raw or Undercooked Animal - Source Protein in Cat and Dog Diets.

In August 2012, the American Veterinary Medical Association's House of Delegates adopted a policy that discouraged the feeding of undercooked animal - source protein diets and raw food to pets.

Not exact matches

According to the CDC, people usually get E. coli infections from «eating undercooked, contaminated ground beef,» however you can also become infected through «person to person contact in families and child care centers,» from drinking raw milk, after swimming in or drinking water that has been contaminated with sewage, and by having contact with infected farm animals.

These animals can carry the hep E virus, and the CDC warns that it's possible to get the virus as the result of eating undercooked meat from infected animals.

The AVMA recommends that veterinarians inform pet owners of potential risks and educate them on how to best mitigate the risk of pathogen exposure in both handling the food and in managing pets consuming undercooked or raw animal - source protein diets.»

Keep cats indoors and feed them dry or canned foods rather than raw meat — cats can become infected with toxoplasmosis after eating infected animals or undercooked, contaminated meats

People should avoid eating raw or undercooked meat that comes from animals that are known to be potential intermediate hosts of the larval stage of these parasites, such as sheep, cattle and rabbits.

Dogs should not be permitted to eat dead animals or other raw or undercooked wild game.

Toxoplasmosis is a parasitic disease that can be transmitted to humans (and other animals) by ingesting infected cat feces, consuming raw or undercooked infected meat, or ingesting contaminated water.

False Statement: «Most Cases of Toxoplasmosis Stem from Undercooked Food, Not Cats — Catch and kill advocates sometimes argue for killing feral cats because they can transmit toxoplasmosis, a parasitic disease that spreads via Toxoplasma oocysts shed in the feces of an infected animal.»

Note that many of these infections are the result of eating undercooked meat, fish and poultry, or involve exotic animals and travel.