Links to Websites with Information relevant to Raw Diets

• US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
  • home
  • US CDC: Food Safety
  • US CDC: Foodborne Illness
  • US FDA: Foodborne Illness
  • Estimates of Foodborne Illness in the United States
  • Foodborne Illness FAQ
  • Food-Related Illness and Death in the United States
  • Multistate Outbreak of Human Salmonella Infections Caused by Contaminated Dry Dog Food --- United States, 2006--2007
  • Human Salmonellosis Associated with Animal-Derived Pet Treats --- United States and Canada, 2005
  • Multistate Outbreak of Salmonella Typhimurium Infections Associated with Eating Ground Beef --- United States, 2004
  • National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases
  • Toxoplasmosis: An Important Message for Cat Owners
  • What Every Pet Owner Should know About Roundworms and Hookworms
  • Vets: Zoonotic worms
  • Zoonotic diseases
• US Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
  • home
  • Safe Handling Tips for Pet Foods and Treats
  • FDA Tips for Preventing Foodborne Illness Associated with Pet Food and Pet Treats
  • No Bones About It: Bones are Unsafe for Your Dog
  • Bad Bug Book: Introduction Foodborne Pathogenic Microorganisms and Natural Toxins Handbook The "Bad Bug Book"
• FoodSafety.gov (US government inter-agency website on foodborne illness)
  • home
  • salmonella
  • E. coli
  • parasites
• American Veterinary Medical Association podcasts:
  • Don't Give Your Dog a Bone
  • Salmonella: What You Need to Know
  • Children at Risk for Foodborne Illness
• Winn Feline Foundation:
  • homepage
  • Cats and Zoonotic Diseases
  • Cats and Toxoplasmosis
  • Cats and Toxoplasmosis (PDF)
• Wikipedia: Raw Feeding
• Worms and Germs Blog
  Worms & Germs Blog is an educational website of the Ontario Veterinary College's Centre for Public Health and Zoonoses.
  • Raw Meat pamphlet
• Articles by Narda Robinson, Department of Clinical Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, Colorado State University:
  • Raw Meat Diets Risky for Pets. Families
  • Problems with Raw-Meat Diets
• Beyond Vegetarianism
  A site focusing on human diets, but with useful factual info that applies to cats as well
  • Research-Based Appraisals of Alternative Diet Lore
  • Is Cooked Food Poison?
  • Pottenger's Cats experiment
• Ann N. Martin, author of Food Pets Die For: Shocking Facts About Pet Food and Protect Your Pet: More Shocking Facts:
  (These links are posted with some reservations, since Ms. Martin is a journalist rather than a scientist and her books appear somewhat sensationalistic ["shocking"], but her commercial food allegations are routinely repeated by raw food advocates while her strongly anti-raw diet sentiments in the second book are completely ignored!)
  • How safe is a raw diet? Not very...
  • Homemade diets for pets