Warning issued to dog owners over a common type of food that could cause E.coli in your beloved pet

Warning issued to dog owners over a common type of food that could cause E.coli in your beloved pet Research from the University of Bristol urged an urgent warning to pet owners READ MORE: Why I made my dog go vegan..

. even though he hated it, the food cost £12 a day, and I'd have been judged less harshly by my friends if I'd chained my children up in the basement By Zeenia Naqvee Published: 08:57, 25 May 2024 | Updated: 08:57, 25 May 2024 e-mail View comments Pet owners have been warned over feeding their dogs raw meat after a study found pooches who typically ate such foods showed greater signs of developing E.coli.

Research conducted by the University of Bristol found that giving dogs raw meat led to an increased presence of an antibiotic-resistant strain of the bacteria in their faeces. The study, which was conducted on 600 healthy pet dogs, concluded that owners should consider switching to a non-raw food diet for their beloved pooches. Alternatively it suggested owners should cook meat before feeding it to their dogs, or source the best possible quality meat if they wanted to feed it to their pooches in its raw form.

They also noted that good hand hygiene greatly reduces the immediate risk of E. coli being ingested. The authors of the report called on the raw dog food industry to source meat from farms with more stringent antibiotic policies.

E. coli, which can cause food poisoning, is the UK’s most common cause of urinary tract and bloodstream infections, which can .