Department of Equine and Small Animal Medicine, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
School of Veterinary Medicine and Zootechny, Federal University of Bahia, Salvador, Brazil.
Vet Rec. 2019 Nov 30;185(21):658. doi: 10.1136/vr.105122. Epub 2019 Aug 19.
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 worldwide internet survey-based data to evaluate the impact of raw pet foods on human health from the owners' experience. From 16 475 households, 0.2 per cent (n=39) reported having had a transmission of pathogen from the raw pet food to a human family member during the time that raw feeding had been used in the household. Only in three of those households the same pathogen that was found in the human sample was analysed and confirmed also in the raw pet food (0.02 per cent of all data). Moreover, 0.1 per cent (n=24) reported suspecting that a disease could have been transmitted to a human from the pet food. Feeding salmon and turkey, using more than 50 per cent of the diet as raw foods and preparing the raw food in the same place and utensils as the family foods all had negative association with infections. Having 2 to 6 year-old children living in the household was associated with more infections, although adults were the most frequently infected.
人们一直担心生宠物食品可能会对人类造成细菌污染，但相关研究仍然很少。本横断面研究旨在利用一项基于全球互联网调查的数据，从主人的经验评估生宠物食品对人类健康的影响。在 16475 户家庭中，有 0.2%（n=39）报告称，在家庭中生食喂养期间，生宠物食品曾将病原体传播给家庭成员。在这些家庭中，只有 3 户家庭分析并确认了在人类样本中发现的相同病原体也存在于生宠物食品中（占所有数据的 0.02%）。此外，0.1%（n=24）报告怀疑疾病可能已从宠物食品传播给人类。食用三文鱼和火鸡肉、超过 50%的饮食为生食、以及在与家庭食物相同的地方和器具中生食都与感染呈负相关。家中有 2 至 6 岁儿童与更多感染相关，尽管成年人是最常被感染的人群。
