{"id":54476,"date":"2025-01-14T09:00:33","date_gmt":"2025-01-14T09:00:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.innovationnewsnetwork.com\/?p=54476"},"modified":"2025-01-14T09:00:33","modified_gmt":"2025-01-14T09:00:33","slug":"dogs-identified-as-spreaders-of-antimicrobial-resistant-salmonella","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.innovationnewsnetwork.com\/dogs-identified-as-spreaders-of-antimicrobial-resistant-salmonella\/54476\/","title":{"rendered":"Dogs identified as spreaders of antimicrobial-resistant Salmonella"},"content":{"rendered":"
According to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, people can get Salmonella from eating contaminated food products or from infected people or animals \u2014 typically via unintentional contact.<\/p>\n
A team of Penn State researchers has now discovered that household dogs are an overlooked transmission point for zoonotic pathogens<\/a> that cause Salmonella. This can cause diarrhoea, fever, and abdominal cramps, and some infections can potentially have life-threatening complications.<\/p>\n The researchers reported that, given dogs’ proximity to humans and the use of critically important antibiotics in companion animal medicine, household dogs represent a risk for the spread of antimicrobial-resistant Salmonella.<\/p>\n They found that better awareness of the risk and proper hygiene could potentially help mitigate cross-species infections.<\/p>\n Salmonella infections in dogs can be clinical \u2014 showing signs or symptoms \u2014 or asymptomatic, with numerous studies reporting Salmonella isolation from clinically healthy dogs, according to team leader Erika Ganda.<\/p>\n She explained that a major concern is the closeness of humans and pet dogs, which creates ample opportunity for Salmonella \u2018zoonosis\u2019 \u2014 the disease transmitted to humans from animals.<\/p>\n Furthermore, pet-management decisions involving food contamination, improper food handling or both can increase the likelihood of infection.<\/p>\nHow dogs spread antimicrobial-resistant Salmonella<\/h3>\n
Investigating strains spread from dogs<\/h3>\n