Raw Feeders; MRSA in Poultry, Pork, and Beef

it is, unfortunately, everywhere -- I found out last year when *I* had that really bad cellulitis (which they thought was MRSA or simliar but never 'tested' to find out) that people assume MRSA is only in hospitals.  Wrong -- it is literally everywhere.  And it's not just staph -- the "infectious disease" dr I saw told me that most MRSA is really strep, not just staph -- but it's everywhere.  It's really scarey. 

I spend most of my efforts now trying to make sure I don't get it again ... rather than just treating the psoriasis.  I haven't gone barefoot even in my own home in years. 

The idea of raw feeding terrifies me -- not even so much at what the dogs might get, but what *I* might get from having to handle that much meat.  A friend of mine who does raw here in Florida got cellulitis from mixing meat with pureed raw veg to give her own dogs.  She had a wee tiny scratch on her arm and 'juice' got on it and it gave her cellulitis.   

It's scarey stuff.

calliecritturs

The idea of raw feeding terrifies me -- not even so much at what the dogs might get, but what *I* might get from having to handle that much meat.  A friend of mine who does raw here in Florida got cellulitis from mixing meat with pureed raw veg to give her own dogs.  She had a wee tiny scratch on her arm and 'juice' got on it and it gave her cellulitis.   

It's scarey stuff.

 That's terrible. The reason I posted about this is because someone on another board I belong to has a dog that got the disease from being fed raw meat .The bacteria got into his system because of a broken tooth that no one was aware of. He is on heavy duty antibiotics and is very sick.