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A popular dog food trend could be 'fuelling the spread of antibiotic-resistant bacteria'

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Raw dog food is increasingly popular - especially in the UK and US - but new research from the University of Portugal has found multidrug-resistant bacteria in samples of raw dog food. Antibiotic resistance is classed by the World Health Organisation as one of the greatest threats to global health - and dog food could be an overlooked driving factor in a future public health crisis. 📝 @marthedeferrer

Raw dog food is increasingly popular - especially in the UK and US - but new research from the University of Portugal has found multidrug-resistant bacteria in samples of raw dog food. Antibiotic resistance is classed by the World Health Organisation as one of the greatest threats to global health - and dog food could be an overlooked driving factor in a future public health crisis. 📝 @marthedeferrer

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    We could be on the cusp of another major public health crisis, thanks to an overlooked part of many of our lives. That's right, dog food could be driving drug resistance. Find out how 👇

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    Raw dog food has grown rapidly in popularity over the last 5 years or so, with new brands emerging and more owners jumping on board. But though proponents extoll its virtues, raw dog food could be contributing to a potential public health catastrophe. 👉

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    A team of scientists looked at a range of dog food types and found Enterococci (a genus of bacteria) in more than half the samples. Around 40% of the Enterococci detected was found to be resistant to multiple types of antibiotics. 👉

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    All the raw-frozen samples (25% of the overall total looked at) contained multidrug-resistant Enterococci. Enterococci is worrying because as a genus it is often 'intrinsically resistant' to antibiotics - meaning it can lead to serious outbreaks. 👉

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    Even worse? All the bacteria found on the raw food was resistant to linezolid - a 'last-resort antibiotic', usually only used where others have failed to treat an infection. 👉

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    The paper's authors have warned that "the trend for feeding dogs raw food may be fuelling the spread of antibiotic-resistant bacteria." 👉

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    They caution that with over 90 million pet dogs in Europe alone, dog food is an overlooked factor in future health crises. 👉

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    If you own a dog - do you feed your pets on a raw diet?

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    Read the full story here on Euronews Green 👇

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    While there certainly has been research funded by companies like Mars Petcare and Nestle - this study appears to be independently carried out. It's worth noting that it's critical of industrial petfood manufacturing as a whole, not just raw food.

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