The gastrointestinal (GI) microbiome of cats and dogs is increasingly recognized as a
metabolically active organ inextricably linked to pet health. Food serves as a substrate for …

Dogs and cats have gained a special position in human society by becoming our principal
companion animals. In this context, efforts to ensure their health and welfare have increased …

Feeding pets raw meat-based diets (RMBDs) has become increasingly popular but may
constitute a risk due to the contamination with pathogenic and antimicrobial-resistant (AMR) …

Domestication of dogs from wolves is the oldest known example of ongoing animal
selection, responsible for generating more than 300 dog breeds worldwide. In order to …

The practice of feeding raw meat‐based diets (RMBD) to dogs has increased in popularity in
recent years. However, RMBD are based on offal that has not undergone any type of …

Introduction Enterococci harbouring genes encoding resistance to florfenicol and the
oxazolidinone antimicrobial linezolid have emerged among food-producing animals and …

Campylobacter species are commonly isolated from faecal samples collected from dogs and
cats, with the most prevalent species being C. upsaliensis, C. helveticus, and C. jejuni …

Background Feeding dogs with raw meat‐based diets (RMBD) has increased in popularity
in recent years. Proponents claim that RMBD is more natural for dogs, because it is what …

Simple Summary As alternative diets to processed pet food, raw meat-based diets (RMBDs)
have received increasing attention in recent years. Commercial RMBDs consist mainly of …

There has been concerns related to the risk of bacterial contamination from raw pet food to
humans, but research is still scarce. The purpose of this cross‐sectional study was to use a …