PARIS — Antibiotic-resistant “superbugs” — which the World Health Organization calls one of the top global threats to public health — usually conjure images of hospital settings.
But new research may point to a less-obvious source: the family dog.
Researchers warned Sunday of “an international public health risk” after finding antibiotic-resistant bacteria in a range of different types of raw dog food.
“The trend for feeding dogs raw food may be fueling the spread of antibiotic resistant-bacteria”, the researchers said in a press release for their study, to be presented at the European Congress of Clinical Microbiology & Infectious Diseases.
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