Ten years later: still a high prevalence of MRSA in slaughter pigs despite a significant reduction in antimicrobial usage in pigs the Netherlands | Zendy

Cindy Dierikx | Zendy; Paul Hengeveld | Zendy; Kees Veldman | Zendy; Angela de Haan | Zendy; Sanne van der Voorde | Zendy; Petra Y. Dop | Zendy; Thijs Bosch | Zendy; Engeline van Duijkeren | Zendy

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Ten years later: still a high prevalence of MRSA in slaughter pigs despite a significant reduction in antimicrobial usage in pigs the Netherlands

Author(s) -

Cindy Dierikx,

Paul Hengeveld,

Kees Veldman,

Angela de Haan,

Sanne van der Voorde,

Petra Y. Dop,

Thijs Bosch,

Engeline van Duijkeren

Publication year - 2016

Publication title -

journal of antimicrobial chemotherapy

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 2.124

H-Index - 194

eISSN - 1460-2091

pISSN - 0305-7453

DOI - 10.1093/jac/dkw190

Subject(s) - multiple loci vntr analysis , carriage , veterinary medicine , antimicrobial , methicillin resistant staphylococcus aureus , medicine , staphylococcus aureus , tetracycline , biology , microbiology and biotechnology , variable number tandem repeat , antibiotics , genotype , bacteria , genetics , biochemistry , pathology , gene

In 2005, 39% of pigs and 81% of the slaughter batches at Dutch slaughterhouses were MRSA positive. The objective of the present study was to investigate whether the 50% reduction of antimicrobial usage in finishing pigs in 2014 compared with 2009 in the Netherlands has led to a lower MRSA prevalence among Dutch slaughter pigs.

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