Giacometti Federica, Magarotto Jacopo, Serraino Andrea, Piva Silvia
Department of Veterinary Medical Sciences, University of Bologna, Via Tolara di Sopra 50, 40064, Bologna, Italy.
Veterinary practitioner, 30174, Venice, Italy.
BMC Vet Res. 2017 Jul 24;13(1):224. doi: 10.1186/s12917-017-1143-z.
Feeding raw meat-based diets (RMBD) to companion animals raises public health concerns for both animals and humans. While considerable attention has been paid to bacterial contamination of commercial pet food, few literature studies have investigated foodborne disease in companion animals. Salmonellosis is reported to be infrequent in cats but no known data or studies estimating feline salmonellosis are available or large-scale epidemiological studies assessing Salmonella risk factors.
Two highly suspected cases of salmonellosis in two cats fed with a commercial frozen poultry RMBD are presented, for the first time from the same household. The clinical presentation, diagnostics, treatment and follow-up are reported and the zoonotic implications are discussed.
This case highlights the health risks posed to both animals and owners by feeding RMBD to pets, and suggests that these risks should be considered by veterinary practitioners.
给伴侣动物喂食以生肉为主的饮食（RMBD）引发了公众对动物和人类健康的担忧。虽然商业宠物食品的细菌污染问题已受到相当多关注，但关于伴侣动物食源性疾病的文献研究较少。据报道，猫沙门氏菌病并不常见，但尚无已知数据或研究估算猫沙门氏菌病情况，也没有大规模评估沙门氏菌风险因素的流行病学研究。
首次呈现来自同一家庭的两只喂食商业冷冻禽类RMBD的猫高度疑似沙门氏菌病的病例。报告了临床表现、诊断、治疗及随访情况，并讨论了人畜共患病的影响。
该病例突出了给宠物喂食RMBD对动物和主人造成的健康风险，并表明兽医从业者应考虑这些风险。
