Cow meat being toxic to dogs unless previously frozen - Is that true?!

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I went with a friend to pick up his new bulldog pup last night. The breeder mentioned not feeding any beef unless it's been previously frozen as it contains some sort of deadly bacteria that can not be treated. She said even if it had been cooked it's still deadly and previously freezing is the only way of making it safe.

I have never heard this before and to me it doesn't seem true?!! I give my boy bits of raw or cooked steak or mince and he's never had any problems.

Is this true or a load of rubbish?!!
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All I can say is that I have never heard this in 50 years of having dogs. Unless the breeder was talking about meat from cattle that had been on medication or something. I feed our dogs on beef tripe and always have done.
 
Never heard that before! I'm sure someone can clarify.

Severnmiles would know as she feeds her dogs on a raw so knows what is safe.

Mine has had small bits of cooked beef and has always been grand, but she's never had it in huge amounts.
 
Sounds like a bit of confusion...

Basically - I freeze all the meat I feed my dog raw, before I feed it. This is because I was told about the parasite Neospora - which as I understand is mainly found in cattle, but obviously not in all cattle. Neospora does not affect humans, but does affect dogs. Freezing the meat for 24 hrs apparently kills the parasite - cooking will also kill it.

This is what I have been told by the nutritionist who did the diet sheet for my dog - and if you google Neospora, you will find more information on it.
 
Raw beef is not toxic to dog.

Otherwise there would be a serioous problem going on in all the hunt kennels that have fed this raw & fresh not frozen or cooked to their hounds for centuries!!

It is in fact the DOG that infects the cow with this not the other way round.

For Neospora caninum, the dog can serve as a definitive host, but it is possible that other canids (for example, foxes) can also produce oocysts. It is believed that, similar to the cat in toxoplasmosis, canids eat tissues of animals that have muscle stages (called tissue cysts) of Neospora caninum. Once in the gut digestive system, the parasites are activated and burst out of the tissue cysts to start the life cycle which leads to production of oocysts in the intestine and excretion of these stages in feces. It is believed that cattle ingest oocysts that contaminate feed or pastures and then become infected.
 
My shepherd is fed a raw diet. I freeze all meat and bones for at least 2 days before I feed them to him. Just to be on the safe side really and its just become habit now.
 
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