Detection of antibiotic resistant Enterobacterales in commercial raw pet food: a preliminary study
Carolyn D. Fisher,
Douglas R. Call,
Sylvia Omulo
Abstract:IntroductionRaw diets have become popular in companion animal nutrition, but these diets may be contaminated with harmful bacteria because heat processing is not utilized to mitigate pathogens during the production process. We analyzed 24 commercially available frozen raw canine and feline diets for extended-spectrum beta-lactamase-producing Enterobacterales (ESBL-E).MethodsSamples were incubated in tryptic soy broth augmented with 50 μg/mL ampicillin to enrich for ESBL-E. ESBL-E were isolated using CHROMagar … Show more
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