Is Organic Beef Less Likely To Have Parasites? (for Raw Feeders) It’s For My Dog. :)?
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Dec 12th, 2009 |
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I am back to feeding RAW for my dog. Instead of the commercially prepared frozen raw, I have switched to butcher-shop meat raw. I wondered though, is organic meat better to use in regards to parasites or does it still need to be frozen?
Thanks!
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We are talking about DOGS here – they lick their butts and eat cat poop!! A dog’s digestive systems is designed for raw meat and carcasses – they have strong stomach acids and a short gut to get the food in and out fairly quickly.
The only thing I would bother freezing first would be wild game, road kill or wild salmonoids from the pacific north west.
I have raw fed for several years and NEVER have an issue with worms or any other parasites. I buy most of my meat from the local butcher, ethnic market or supermarket.
Good on you for researching now. I would recommend joining the RawMeatyBones group (based around Tom Lonsdale’s books) http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/RawMe…
Related links and groups
“Dogs are Carnivores” An article clearly explaining the physiological reasons behind this classification and the effects of feeding inappropriate foods http://www.thewholedog.org/artcarnivores…
A feeding guide published by Dr Tom Lonsdale, a vet who advocates raw feeding and has been widely publishedhttp://www.rawmeatybones.com/diet/exp-di…
A website debunking some of the many myths regarding raw feeding and bones.http://rawfed.com/myths
Freezing does not kill all parasites and pathogens. It only prevent them from multiplying while frozen.
It does not sterilise the food.
The only way to do that is to cook the food…
If i decide to feed my dog raw, i will still be blanching it. Get a pan full of water to boiling point and plunge large chunks of meat in for a few seconds – instantly killing all surface pathogens and parasites.
It will still be raw in the middle, but will have a skin of cooked meat on it.
It is as sterile as you can get meat.
Organic meat can have all kinds of nasty bacteria and parasites too. All meat can harbor germs; it depends on how it has been handled after being cut, not on how the cow was fed. As long as the meat has been kept cold and clean it should be fine.
edit: No, there is no difference between organic and conventionally raised beef. Organic beef isn’t magically resistant to parasites.
having worked in a vet clinic that served farm animal clients (including organic animals)a orginic is LOT more likely to have parasites cause they are forbidden to use most forms of parasite control
IN fact say organic meat to me and I think “parasite farm”