Longitudinal investigation of methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus in piglets

Zoonoses and Public Health

Volumn 58, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 238-243

  Weese, J S ^a   Zwambag, A ^a   Rosendal, T ^a   Reid Smith, R ^b   Friendship, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^b PUBLIC HEALTH AGENCY OF CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial resistance; Epidemiology; Porcine; Staphylococcus; Zoonoses

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; NOSE SMEAR; PIGLET; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SOW (SWINE);

ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, SUCKLING; LOGISTIC MODELS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; NASAL MUCOSA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; SWINE; SWINE DISEASES;

METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; SUIDAE; SUS;

EID: 79955874188     PISSN: 18631959     EISSN: 18632378     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1863-2378.2010.01340.x     Document Type: Article

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