Table 2.
Summary of animal clinical and raw pet food bacterial isolates from 2 case investigations.
| Case investigation | Source | Matrix | No. of isolates | Pathogens identified | Strain name |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cat 1 | Feces | 1‡ | Salmonella Reading | OH-16-3844 |
| Cats 2–4 | Feces | 0 | Negative | NA | |
| Food 1†A | Freeze-dried raw duck/turkey/goose cat food | 0 | Negative | NA | |
| Food 2*B | Raw turkey cat food | 4§ | Listeria monocytogenes | OH-16-8884-5 OH-16-8884-6 |
|
| Salmonella Reading | OH-16-8884-7 OH-16-8884-8 |
||||
| Food 3*B | Raw chicken cat food | 2§ | L. monocytogenes | OH-16-8884-1 OH-16-8884-2 |
|
| Food 4*B | Raw beef cat food | 2§ | L. monocytogenes | OH-16-8884-3 OH-16-8884-4 |
|
| Food 5*B | Raw lamb cat food | 0 | Negative | NA | |
| Food 6*B | Raw venison cat food | 0 | Negative | NA | |
| 2 | Dog 1 | Tissues | 2¦ | Salmonella Anatum | OH-16-25847-A |
| Escherichia coli | OH-16-25847-B | ||||
| Food 7†C | Raw beef dog food | 7# | Salmonella Montevideo | FDA00011060 | |
| Salmonella Newport | FDA00011059 FDA00011061 |
||||
| L. monocytogenes | FDA00011068– FDA00011071 |
||||
| Food 8*C | Raw beef dog food | 6# | Salmonella Anatum | FDA00011063 | |
| Salmonella Newport | FDA00011062 FDA00011064 |
||||
| L. monocytogenes | FDA00011065– FDA00011067 | ||||
| Food 9†C | Raw beef cat food | 8# | Salmonella Anatum | FDA00011009 | |
| E. coli | FDA00011145–FDA00011151 |
A, B, C = manufacturer A, B, and C, respectively; NA = not available.
*
Purchased food.
†
Food collected from complainant.
‡
Performed by the OH-ADDL.
§
Performed by the Consumer Protection Laboratory of the Ohio Department of Agriculture.
¦
Bacteria isolated at GA-AVDL and sequenced at OH-ADDL.
#
Performed by the FDA ORA Laboratory. Whole genome sequencing results were uploaded to GenBank.