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Originally Posted by kmeyrick
 Cooked means no worms or food poisoning. My mother works for a vet and he deals with this a lot. Most dogs can handle raw meat just fine but you never know. They have a shorter digestive tract to process foods quickly, yes, but there is still a risk.
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The PH of their digestion is also very different than ours and this (in combination with the shorter digestive tract) protects them from salmonella, etc.
This is a good thing for kibble fed dogs too - a high % of kibble fed dogs shed salmonella in their poop. There can be salmonella in kibble. HUMAN salmonella outbreaks have been linked to DOG FOOD, but no dogs got sick from eating the contaminated kibble. This is why you should always wash your hands after handling dog food or treats.
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| Salmonella infections from dry dog food may be an under-recognized source of illness in people, especially young children, officials from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said |
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| One expert thinks contamination of pet food is likely to become more commonplace. "There have been problems with pet foods before," said Dr. Pascal James Imperato, chairman of the department of preventive medicine and community health at the State University of New York Downstate Medical Center in New York City. "If the food had any animal product in it, there could have been contamination, or if it was being processed in a plant where they were also processing animal product, then contamination can easily occur," he said. Imperato said the way food is produced makes it more likely that contamination will occur. "There is greater industrialization of the production of food products, both for humans and animals, and these are complex processing systems. Therefore, there is greater opportunity for contamination," Imperato said. "We are likely to see many more of these problems." |
Remember the dog food recalls last year? Dog food containing ingredients imported from China were laced with melamine.
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| Consumer reports received by the FDA suggested about 1,950 cats and 2,200 dogs died after eating contaminated pet food, the Justice Department said. |
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Also, yeah, 1/2lb at one go is a lot. Better to give smaller amounts every day/other day, than a big meal of organ (you might get butt-splosions 
:, and have decided to go raw with him. I am confused about bones though, some people say chicken bones are fine, and some say they are dangerous. He is a German Shepherd/Siberian Husky mix and is 4 months old. What kind of bones should we give him? And is raw chicken okay, or just raw beef? Thanks - I just want to try to get it right as much as possible.
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She found out we were feeding our dog raw chicken and went on a 3 day sch-peel about how now he will try to eat the birds and how she knew this one guy who's dog ate all his chickens after we got the taste for raw meat. Warned us that our dog will never make a good hunting dog because he will just eat the animal instead of retrieving it. On and on...........
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