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野蠻部落註：雖然我支持狗兒的生食餵養，但還是要讓大家看看其他不同的意見，生食與狗糧之間的爭論短時間似乎難有一個定論，請大家自行判斷拿捏~~~(以下轉貼)：




Raw Food Diets for Pets - Canadian Veterinary Medical Association and Public Health Agency of Canada Joint Position Statement
生肉食譜飼喂寵物 － 加拿大獸醫協會與加拿大公共健康署聯合立場聲明

Position:
雙方統一立場如下：
The Canadian Veterinary Medical Association (CVMA) and the Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC) believe that there is evidence of potential health risks for pets fed raw meat based diets, and for humans in contact with such pets. Currently there is little scientific evidence supporting the efficacy of these diets. However, the documented scientific evidence of potential animal and public health risks in feeding raw meats outweigh any perceived benefits of this feeding practice. If veterinarians do recommend raw meat diets for pets under their care they should be aware of potential liability concerns should a pet or in-contact human become ill due to pathogens originating in the diet. Veterinarians recommending raw food diets must inform pet owners of potential risks, and should educate the owners on how to mitigate risks of pathogen exposure in both handling the food and in managing pets consuming raw meat diets. It is also important for veterinarians to emphasize that there is a higher risk of human infections if pets on these diets are being used to visit human hospitals for therapeutic reasons, or if pets are fed in households with people who have compromised immune function, or where there are very young children that could come into direct contact with the food or with the feces of pets consuming raw foods.
加拿大獸醫協會（CVMA）與加拿大公共健康署（PHAC）持如下觀點：已有證據表明，若飼主以生肉為主飼喂寵物，則該寵物的健康可能受到危害，同時，與該寵物接觸的人的健康也會受到威脅。目前並沒有什麼科學證據可以證明生肉飼喂寵物能夠為寵物帶去諸多益處。相反，已有科學文獻證明：生肉飼喂寵物可能危及寵物以及人類社會的公共健康，這種飼喂方式帶來的潛在危害比重大於其可能帶給寵物的益處。若執業獸醫建議飼主採取生肉飼喂的方式，他們應該瞭解這種食譜可能導致寵物被病菌侵襲而患病。若獸醫建議飼主採用生肉食譜飼喂寵物，必須明確告知飼主該飼喂方式潛在的風險，必須告知飼主如何穩妥地處理這些食物，如何幫助自己的寵物安全地吃下這些食物，以降低飼主自身以及其寵物受到病菌侵害的可能性。若是遇到一些治療犬的主人希望採取生肉飼喂的方式，則獸醫更加需要強調一點，那就是：若治療犬要去人的醫院陪伴病人，則其將病菌傳染給病人的風險很大；同樣的，若是飼主家中的成員有免疫系統的疾病，該成員被寵物傳染病菌的風險很大；若是飼主家中有年幼的孩童，小孩子可能會直接接觸到這些生肉或是食用生肉的寵物的糞便，受到病菌感染的風險很大。
Background:
背景：
Feeding pets raw meat based diets is a recent trend. Multiple benefits of feeding these diets are touted, but all are supported only by anecdotal reports. To date, no scientific evidence to support the efficacy or safety of these diets have been published. There are now multiple peer-reviewed studies documenting potential risks from bacterial pathogens present in raw meats for both pets fed these diets, and for in-contact humans. Studies have also proven that pets fed raw meats can shed potential bacterial pathogens in their stool thereby acting as a source of potentially significant zoonotic infections to in-contact humans. The public health risks of feeding raw food are magnified with evidence that bacterial pathogens in raw foods, and in the stool of pets fed raw foods have enhanced patterns of antimicrobial resistance
用生肉為主的食譜飼喂寵物是近期的一個趨勢。採用此種飼喂方式的飼主大力鼓吹其種種好處，但所有這些說法並沒有什麼科學依據，能夠支持這種說法的不過是一些小道傳聞罷了。到現在為止，尚無任何科普文獻可以證明這種食譜的功效和安全性。相反，有很多經過獸醫業界專家認可的研究證明，飼餵給寵物的生肉中的病菌對寵物、對和寵物接觸的人都可能產生危害。研究還表明，若寵物食用生肉，其排出的糞便可能會將人畜共患病傳染給與之接觸的人。有證據顯示，生肉中和食用生肉的寵物排出的糞便中的病菌對殺菌劑的抗藥性更強，生肉飼喂寵物對公共健康的危害也由此升級。
References:
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Approved by Council – November 2006

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