Authors: Tiana G Owens, Broghan A King, Devon R Radford, Philip Strange, Laura Arvaj, Julia Guazzelli Pezzali, Anne Michelle Edwards, Daniel Ganesh, Trevor J DeVries, Brian W McBride, Sampathkumar Balamurugan, Anna K Shoveller
Publication Date: 2021/10/1
While the raw pet food market continues to grow, the risk of bacterial contamination in these types of diets is a major concern, with Salmonella enterica and Listeria monocytogenes being the most frequently associated pathogens in raw pet food product recalls. dl-Methionine is included in some commercial feline kibble and canned diets to improve protein quality; however, an alternative to this is a liquid methionine supplement, 2-hydroxy-4-(methylthio)-butanoic acid (HMTBa), which is also an organic acid. 2-Hydroxy-4-(methylthio)-butanoic acid has previously demonstrated similar efficacy to formic acid against pathogens in a liquid environment and may be a good candidate to inhibit S. enterica and L. monocytogenes in raw ground meat.
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