Occurrence of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in rats living on pig farms
| Autor: | A.W. van de Giessen, P Hengeveld, C.B.E.M. Reusken, M. G. van Santen-Verheuvel, Thijs Bosch, Els M. Broens |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2009 |
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Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus
Veterinary medicine Staphylococcus aureus Meticillin Rodent Swine animal diseases Kwantitatieve Veterinaire Epidemiologie salmonella Cattle Diseases medicine.disease_cause Rodent Diseases st398 Animal science Food Animals biology.animal medicine Pig farming Pig farms humans Netherlands Swine Diseases biology business.industry transmission Quantitative Veterinary Epidemiology Agriculture Poultry farming Staphylococcal Infections biology.organism_classification Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus Rats animals Black rat WIAS Animal Science and Zoology Livestock Cattle Methicillin Resistance business medicine.drug |
| Zdroj: | Preventive Veterinary Medicine, 91(2-4), 270-273 Preventive Veterinary Medicine 91 (2009) 2-4 |
| ISSN: | 0167-5877 |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.prevetmed.2009.05.016 |
| Popis: | In The Netherlands, MRSA ST398 has emerged in hospitals and human carriers have been associated with exposure to pigs and cattle. High prevalences of MRSA ST398 in pigs and pig farmers have been determined and the transmission routes of MRSA on pig farms need to be elucidated. In the south of the Netherlands, in recent years, the black rat (Rattus rattus) has emerged as a prominent rodent on livestock farms. From March till May 2008, a survey on MRSA in rats living on livestock farms in the south of The Netherlands and the north of Belgium was conducted. In total, 40 black rats (R. rattus) and 3 brown rats (Rattus norvegicus) were collected on 12 farms including five pig farms, five poultry farms, one mixed pig and veal farm and one goat farm. MRSA ST398 was detected in black rats captured at two of the five pig farms as well as in a black rat living on the mixed pig and veal farm. From one black rat captured at another pig farm MRSA ST 97 was isolated. Considering the behaviour of rats on livestock farms, it is concluded that rats might play a role in the spread and persistence of MRSA on pig farms. |
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