Table 1.
FDA pet food handling recommendation and owner reported compliance.
Table 2.
Additional survey questions.
Fig 1.
Food type used in average 24-h period.
Comparison of food type among all survey respondents and respondents of those participating in the APC assessment.
Fig 2.
Comparison of bowl type among all survey respondents and respondents of those participating in the APC assessment.
Fig 3.
Comparison of the total aerobic plate counts in studied dog bowls pre- and post- hygiene treatment.
APC on a basis of colony forming units (CFUs) per cm2 of studied bowls pre- and post-hygiene treatment. Superscripts that differ within a group indicated significant differences (p<0.05). Similar superscripts across groups indicate no significant difference (p≥0.05).