mouth bacteria – Michael Broad

What bacteria is in a cat’s mouth?

January 5, 2023 by Michael Broad

The great bacterial culprit in the mouth of domestic cats is a bacterium called Pasteurella multocida. It is found in the mouths of between 70-90% of domestic cats and perhaps more importantly between 50-80% of people at the site of a cat bite (Cornell). So, this particular bacterium is the major cause of infections …

Mouth bacteria? This dog’s mouth bacteria were far more devastating than any cat’s

November 22, 2021November 22, 2021 by Michael Broad

Ted the Akita who killed two men with a bite to both

The domestic cat is disappointingly known sometimes as an animal with dangerous mouth bacteria. Humans have mouth bacteria too which is probably as dangerous as the bacteria found in the mouths of cats but we never mention human mouth bacteria. By contrast cats get a bad reputation because when they bite somebody it’s a …

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