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MRSA Affects Two Thirds of Danish Pig Farms

2014-12-24 01:00:00| ThePigSite - Industry News

DENMARK - The food and agriculture minister admits that "previous efforts have not been enough" as a new study shows that the MRSA bacteria is more widespread than believed.

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Evidence Suggests Livestock-Associated MRSA Not Widespread in U.S. Swine Industry

2014-11-03 19:07:00| National Hog Farmer

By Peter Davies, Jisun Sun, My Yang, University of Minnesota Staphylococcus aureus are versatile bacteria that can survive and multiply in many environments. Methicillin resistant S. aureus (MRSA) have been a growing problem in human medicine for 50 years, and one of the so called superbugs due to frequent resistance to (often many) antibiotics. read more

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MRSA and Danish Pig Production in Perspective

2014-10-29 01:00:00| ThePigSite - Industry News

DENMARK - There are several strains of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) bacteria but one strain in particular, CC398, is associated with animals and is in Denmark primarily found in pigs.

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MRSA Reported in Northern Irish Pig

2014-07-31 02:00:00| ThePigSite - Industry News

NORTHERN IRELAND - Veterinarians have reported what they believe to be the first case of livestock-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (LA-MRSA) in a pig in the United Kingdom.

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